User:Yottie/Archive three

Cannabis

I was just on my way to chat to you about the use of rollback for this article just now, but I see you've undone your revert. I think this was the right hing to do;I think that the anon editor was acting in good faith. fr33kman ^talk 21:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I checked the diff before and it seemed a slightly weird edit, so I wasn't sure and reverted. However after reading it again, it was better before. Regards, Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 22:01, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

YOTCMDR!!!

Whack!

Do not take this seriously. Someone wants to let you know you did something silly!

For taking what I said literally and retiring :P You stupid buffoon! Goblin 19:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC) _{strike, I was joking, written in edit summary :D Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)}

Red Linkys!

More for you to create over at Crich Tramway Village. Any further comments on it also welcome! Me and DSP have been working on it pretty constantly all day :) We are thinking of going straight to VGA too ;) Goblin 16:35, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Lost your chance, i've done them :P Anyway, I think it's almost ready for !voting now :) Goblin 12:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind =D I'm sorry, but I have limited internet access (it broke on my PC) and I'm having to use my dad's (no irc...) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 16:24, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

No worries ;). Hope yours is fixed soon. BTW: have you used Mibbit? It's a free, web-based IRC client. Cheers, Goblin 16:26, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Saint-Georges-en-Auge

Hello there !

Got sent here by User:Razorflame. This is just to let you know that I'm currently adding a lot of data on the French version of Saint-Georges-en-Auge, a minute village in Calvados, and that I'm a bit too busy to translate it. Anyone interested ?

All the best, --Dominique Fournier (talk) 22:17, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

:)

[1] <- hehe Chenzw  Talk  11:16, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

=p, the only "Good thing". It was getting annoying though! THanks for blocking. (BTW, I don't have internet on my computer atm, I can't use irc) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 11:17, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes, you do :P

Oh, and CTV is waiting for your input at Wikipedia:Proposed_very_good_articles#Crich_Tramway_Village_2 ;) Goblin 12:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

My RFB

Hello Yotcmdr. Thanks for participating in my RFB which passed (on the early side) yesterday, 16/5. While you opposed my promotion, I still hope to serve you as well as I can in my capacity as a 'crat, and admin, but foremost fellow editor. All the best. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks

...for helping out creating stubs for those red links in Portman Road. I've moved the article to GA voting so anything more you could do, or add a support (or whatever you feel) would be good, just to keep the process running! Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem, regards. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: The Attitude Era

My apologize for this being late but thanks for helping me with the Attitude Era article.--  † CM₁₆  22:39, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem, happy to help anytime, just give me a shout. Kindly, Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 06:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Ping!

You know what its about! Cant get on IRC myself so its up to you :P. Epty is online. Ta, Goblin-

It's 1 in the morning here (getting tired of waiting :p). I'm on IRC but no sign of epty there. I'll wait a bit more. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 22:52, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Easter

He is Alive!! From me to you, Happy Easter!!   † CM16  04:48, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 07:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Mispelling

I'm really sorry about my own error. Thank you for fixing it. I'll confirm also in the RfA page. --M7 (talk) 17:30, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 17:31, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Friends

Will you be my friendKiwislayer (talk) 13:35, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

After your Final Warning

[2] Wanna do the block? Wilhelm meis (talk) 16:38, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

your sig

You have GOT to go back to your old sig. This new one isn't you.--  † CM₁₆  17:54, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm trying to find an alternative :p If you have any proposals, go ahead :D ! Yottie ^=talk= 18:03, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Can you point to a policy or guideline that discourages such a signature? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Julian, please, no :) That's not what he said. He just thinks it doesn't suit me too much. Yottie ^=talk= 18:08, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I love how people twist word to hear what they want.</sarcasm> Anyway, I liked your old one better, I can't really think of another one right now.--  † CM₁₆  18:37, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

You actually liked my old sig :D. I didn't think anyone did :p Yottie ^=talk= 18:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't use it but it fit you good.--  † CM₁₆  18:59, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok. If I don't find a new one soon, I'll go back to it ;) Yottie ^=talk= 19:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Came across this through a string of random links; may I please suggest a few sigs?

1. Yotcmdr (Receive commands · Mark your territory)
2. Yot.
3. Yotcmdr (talk)

--Dylan620 _{(Sign this plz)} 02:09, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks! Those have given me a few idea! Yottie ^=talk= 05:24, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Yot, just a note that as it stands your sig does violate WP:SIG. You can't change the font size so that it is "big" and affects other people's comments/other text on the page. Just a warning, it could get you blocked ;). Goblin 10:04, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi BG. I've just finished reading it, and it say do not have your sig so small, people can't read it. And it doesn't use the "Big" fint size. Unless I have it in size 3 (or 4, can't remember), it's unreadable :). Anyway, I'm still trying to invent a new one. Yottie ^=talk= 16:43, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

The size was 4, I've reduced to 3. Her's what it's like: Yottie ^=talk= 16:58, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

+Sysop

Hello Yotcmdr. I have closed your RfA as successful with 21 support votes and 4 oppose votes. Congratulations, and see User:Chenzw for (another?) t-shirt. Kennedy (talk) 09:01, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

You lost your shirt, and now I have found it. ;) Congratulations! Chenzw  Talk  09:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Congrats dude :). You deserve it. Goblin 09:30, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations. --Barras (talk) 11:08, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Welcome back. :D Meetare Shappy ^Cunkelfratz! 11:25, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks guys, you're the best :p Yottie ^=talk= 16:38, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Well done dude. Enjoy. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:42, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :D Yottie ^=talk= 16:45, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• Congrats, welcome back. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:05, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Wahoo! Congrats! TheAE talk 18:11, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks ! Yottie ^=talk= 18:14, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

• Congratulations, sorry it's late :) иιƒкч? 09:38, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

  Thanks, better late than never:p Yottie ^=talk= 16:56, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Talk

Yot, i'd love to talk about it off wiki.--  † CM₁₆  21:15, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

No problem. E-mail? Yottie ^=talk= 21:17, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

IM service is preferable, got MSN, Yahoo or AIM?--  † CM₁₆  21:25, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Which u want?--  † CM₁₆  21:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

MSN is fine for me. Yottie ^=talk= 08:57, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Then I'm gonna need your MSN address.--  † CM₁₆  18:37, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

It's eliot.batch@voila.fr same as my e-mail adress (one of them anyway). Yottie ^=talk= 19:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Simple News Issue 6

Simple News
Issue 6 - 28th April 2009 60,218 editors, 58,333 articles, 138,873 pages.
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Wikipedia now has 58,000 articles. Bobby Robson has been promoted to Very Good Article status Color of the day (police) has been promoted to Good Article status Hermann Göring has been promoted to Good Article status Ben Hall has been promoted to Good Article status Portman Road has been promoted to Good Article status Ernst Röhm has been promoted to Good Article status Joss Whedon has been demoted to regular article status Crich Tramway Village has been promoted to Very Good Article stats Ipswich Town F.C. has been promoted to Very Good Article stats Cuban Missile Crisis is up for demotion - comments are welcomed. Color blindness and Abortion are currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. Mosque and Bloc Party are currently at Proposed Very Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. Wikipedia:Did you know has been revived - your input in nominating and reviewing hooks is needed to keep it alive! User Articles Kennedy - Article 5 Kennedy urges you for your help to keep Simple News alive in his fifth article. Yotcmdr - Article 6 For his sixth article, Yotcmdr speaks about P(V)GA, DYK, SN and Spoken articles. EhJJ - Article 1 In his debut article, EhJJ writes about the CC license and the impact of a possible change of copyright policy on the Simple English Wikipedia. Shappy - Article 2 Shappy talks about the growth of Simple, and its contrast from EN, in his second articls for Simple News.	[Subscribe] [Archives] [Discussion] [The Team]	Congratulations, Yotcmdr for passing a request for adminship! Congratulations to The Rambling Man for passing both a request for checkusership and a request for bureaucratship! Congratulations, Bluegoblin7 for passing a request for adminship! Commiserations go to Æåm Fætsøn who was unsuccessful in his request for adminship. Congratulations to Garden for passing a request for adminship! Good luck to EhJJ who has a current request for adminship! There is a discussion on-going on whether or not to remove the tools of eight admins. Please comment there to have your say! QandA The QandA. Every month, Kennedy interviews one of the Simple English Wikipedia's editors, asking them about themselves, and their opinions on Wikipedia. It is an exciting insight behind the anonymous face of an online username. This weeks interview is with Steve Crossin and was taken by guest interviewer Bluegoblin7. Click for Steve's interview! The Commander's Choice The Commanders's Choice. For every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. Here is this edition's list (which are mostly P(V)GA: Mosque - Needs a little more work simplifying Color Blindness - A bit more work befor VGA India - A potential VGA candidate Abortion - A little work to bring up to standards Bloc Party - Could also make (V)GA

GoblinBot3 (talk) 18:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Spam

Yottie, Thank you for taking part in my request for adminship, which closed as successful with 20 Supports and 1 Oppose. I will do my best for the project!
Barras (talk) 15:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

France

Hello Yotcmdr, I see you've done some good work there. I'm a bit busy in real life right now but I'll do my best to finish reviewing the article before giving it one more complete once-over to make sure it's in a decent state. I'll be in touch! The Rambling Man (talk) 22:03, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, no need to rush, your real life is more important than wiki, and should come before it. Kind regards, Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 08:22, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Message

Hey Yotcmdr, nice to see you again. :-) I just want to let you know that ChristianMan16 wants to speak with you on IRC. Thanks. — RyanCross (talk) 08:51, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Your little song

Was awesome. --<font=Comic Sans MS>S3CR3T (tell me a secret.) 17:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks a lot :D Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 17:44, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

France

Rest of review added. Please also quickly address the issues with the fact that the history section completely omits both World War I and World War II, both of which, you'll agree, are significant events in the history of the country. Also consider the sinking of the Greenpeace boat... (that's just my opinion!) The Rambling Man (talk) 19:43, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok. I agree with adding the WWs, but not so sure about the greepeace boat. It was a mistake, and even though they did blow it up, not sure it needs to feature in the article. Just my opinion. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, no worries. While it may have been a mistake, the perpetrators were treated like heroes by the French government, not their finest hour. Anyway, get on with those two World Wars - I'd expect a couple of large paragraphs explaining what part the country played in the Western Front, the Resistance, trench warfare, tanks, D-Day etc. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

All of those things? The articles on WWI and II hardly explain that themselves :p Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:08, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

800

Can you point me to where it was decided we were dropping the 800 characters requirement? It still says it in the guidelines/rules. This is the only discussion I see about changing the requirement, and it's only your comment. Either way (talk) 01:46, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I see this thread, too, but that isn't any official decision being made, just people throwing out suggestions. Either way (talk) 01:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for removing vandalism from my user page. Regards, --AleksA ツ 21:39, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. It was no problem. If you ever need any help, give me a shout! Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:40, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Be careful with that AWB!

I don't think you meant to do this? --Philosopher ^{Let us reason together.} 17:47, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I didn't, I didn't even save that. Weird, apologies for any inconvenience. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 17:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

thanks

Im new to wikipedi so thanks for the tips you gave me Prophet of War (talk) 21:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC)Prophet of War

Hey

Thanks for reverting BG7's edits, just a joke inspired by IRC :D иιƒкч? 07:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome and for helping me out there, I was a little worried the bot was going to follow me around and had marked me out as a 'bad apple'!!! --Mr runt (talk) 23:12, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Good work Yot for helping Mr runt --Peterdownunder (talk) 23:15, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem, he fully deserves the credit! Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 23:28, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

New userpage

It's green! :D I love it! :) --<font=Comic Sans MS>S3CR3T (tell me a secret.) 20:12, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks a lot :D Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:15, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

TB

Hello, Yottie. You have new messages at Aleksa Lukic's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Already replied :) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:55, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with 21 Support and 1 Oppose. I hope I will be able to fulfill your trust as an admin on Simple. Special thanks to RyanCross for nominating me! --Meetare Shappy Cunkelfratz!

GA

I am thinking about nominating Wijerd Jelckama for GA. Do you think it has a chance? Mighty Wodan (talk) 19:44, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes I believe it does. I'm sure other people will say what's wrong, and I'd be happy to help you fix them. Kind regards, Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll nominate it right away - I watched the criteria and it fits all of those. It is a bit short though. Is it to short? It has 6,000 kb or something like that, is iot enough? Mighty Wodan (talk) 19:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S.: I just nominated it. Mighty Wodan (talk) 19:52, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok. And yes, it's enough. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:53, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

I'll be looking forward to peoples comments, and I'll be waiting for the article to pass nomination. It would be my first GA over here. Mighty Wodan (talk) 19:57, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Great! I'll review the article if you want. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 19:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Of course I want you to. That is why I came here in the first place! Mighty Wodan (talk) 20:00, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

No problem, I'll start now! Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:01, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for you kind offer to help me. I sometimes feel people over here are more friendly and eager to help someone out then on the English wikipedia. I notice this over here, and on the Portuguese and Fryske wikipedia. I will be gone for two days now - I go to Dubrovnik. I have with me a laptop, so if someone leaves me a message I'll see and probably respond. Just tell me when you're ready, and thanks a lot! Mighty Wodan (talk) 20:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

That's ok, I've nearly finished fiwing the article. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:03, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Huh?

? fr33kman ^talk 18:48, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

We are protesting Eptalon's wikibreak ;). My idea! :P (You missed my protest of Kennedy!) Come on IRC! Goblin 18:50, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Oh right LOL :) I was wondering what you were protesting? I had all sorts of things going though my mind that it might be! :-) fr33kman ^talk 18:53, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Hehe, part of the new "Port-a-Protest" scheme, (c) Goblin 2009. ;) Goblin 18:55, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

"Port-a-Protest, Clerk" (TM), 2009. All rights reserved to Yotcmdr, the mighty clerk Commander. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:56, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

I know it's fun

...but you could do better than all the silliness over at Eptalon's user page. I (personally) would expect admins to not be quite so wiki-dramatic. Focus on the encyclopedia. That's what the community voted you to do. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:03, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

He leaves, the wiki dies :) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:06, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Simple News

Next Delivery: 3rd April 2011

change Hey Yotcmdr; Any news about Simple News? I'd like to get another edition out, even if it's as sparse as the last one... or at least get this notice updated and start working on the 8th edition, even if it takes a few weeks before it's ready for publication. EhJJ^TALK 18:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, no problem. We need to update the annoucements (milestones, GAs, VGAs...), new admins, and take away things that said kennedy'd retired :). I'll tr and do it tonight, otherwise tomorow. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:15, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

BOO! (TPS). Me and EhJJ have been chatting on IRC - EhJJ is gonna do an article and we're going to try and get it out next Monday - sound good? Goblin 20:17, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

(ec) Apparently I got things mixed up a bit (just talked with BG7 on IRC) and I see that Issue #7 hasn't been released yet. I'm going to try to write up a quick article for this issue when I have some time. Thanks! EhJJ^TALK 20:21, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Nudge

Got anything for SN? I might get it out tonight as i'm not too busy.

Also, get your butt on IRC and archive your talk :P

Goblin 19:15, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Have you intergrated last edition's (the one that didn't get published) articles into it? If so, there's already an article by me that you can use I think. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:02, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Simple News Issue 7

Simple News
Issue 7 - 8th June 2009 67,135 editors, 59,528 articles, 143,118 pages.
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Wikipedia has 59,000 articles! Color blindness has been promoted to Good Article status. Bloc Party has been promoted to Very Good Article status. Tropical Storm Barry (2007) has been promoted to Very Good Article status. Hurricane Ismael has been promoted to Good Article status. France has been demoted to regular article status. Mouthpiece (brass) has been demoted to regular article status. Cuban Missile Crisis has been demoted to regular article status. Wijerd Jelckama is currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. Hermann Göring, Ludwig van Beethoven and Linux are currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. There is an ongoing discussion about the introduction of Very Good Lists - your comments are welcomed. DYK is getting back up to speed with several contributions waiting for the Main Page. Please continue to show your support by reviewing and nomination hooks. There is an ongoing discussion about the introduction of an Arbitration Committee - your comments are welcomed. User Articles Yotcmdr - Article 7 For his seventh article, Yotcmdr speaks about Kennedy, (V)GAs and DYK.. Microchip08 - Article 1 For his first aticle, MC8 speaks about various things. EhJJ - Article 2 For his second article, EhJJ talks about the new CC-BY-SA dual license A Wikipedia Song	[Subscribe] [Archives] [Discussion] [The Team]	Congratulations, EhJJ for passing a request for adminship! Commiserations go to Djsasso who was unsuccessful in his request for bureaucratship. Congratulations, Barras for passing a request for adminship! Congratulations, Mentifisto for passing a request for adminship! Congratulations, EVula for passing a request for adminship! Congratulations, Shappy for passing a request for adminship! Billz is currently up for deadminshp because of tool inactivity. Good luck to NonvocalScream who is having a request for adminship! QandA The QandA. Every month, Kennedy interviewed one of the Simple English Wikipedia's editors, asking them about themselves, and their opinions on Wikipedia. It was an exciting insight behind the anonymous face of an online username. Unfortunately, Kennedy has left us, and will obviously not be doing the QandA. Bluegoblin7 has taken it over. This weeks interview is with Juliancolton. Click here for Juliancolton's interview! The Commander's Choice The Commanders's Choice. For every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. Here is this edition's list: Spoon Screwdriver Glass Swine Flu AC/DC

GoblinBot3 (talk) 11:37, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

SN8

Hey Yot,

Could I possibly ask for a Commander's Choice and possibly an article for SN8? Deadline is tomorrow :).

Regards,

Goblin 13:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Kennedy!

No problem :). Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 13:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Ta :). Feel free to go ping others too, it's a tad sparse atm. Goblin 13:20, 20 June 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Kennedy!

 Done - I'll write an article too. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 13:21, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Cool. Nice random articles! Goblin 13:22, 20 June 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Kennedy!

Simple News Issue 8

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Issue 8 - 22th June 2009 69,053 editors, 59,757 articles, 144,395 pages.
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Earth and Ludwig van Beethoven are currently at Proposed Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. Hermann Göring is currently at Proposed Very Good Articles - your comments are welcomed. User Articles Yotcmdr - Article 8 For his eighth Simple News article, Yotcmdr talks about starting collaborative teams over the Summer. Shappy - Article 3 Shappy makes a short statement about the summer and its ample opportunity for writing articles at the Simple English Wikipedia in his third article. Bluegoblin7 - Article 5 In Article No. 5, Bluegoblin7 looks back over what 2009 has brought so far, and then looks to the future as to what still could come. Pmlinediter - Article 1 DYK, P(V)GA and more are the subject of Pmlinediter's debut article.	[Subscribe] [Issues] [Discussion] [The Team]	Congratulations, NonvocalScream for passing a request for adminship! Billz has had his administrator tools removed because of tool inactivity. Congratulations, Mercy for passing a request for adminship! QandA The QandA. Every month, a user will be interviewed by a member of the Simple News team. This idea was started by Kennedy and interviews have since been made by Bluegoblin7, Yotcmdr and Shappy This weeks interview is with Majorly. Click here for Majorly's interview! The Commander's Choice The Commanders's Choice. For every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. Here is this edition's list: Glue Paper Elephant Video Book

GoblinBot3 (talk) 10:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Italics = figure of speech

Since when...? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 03:49, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

(From en wiki, important parts bolded) "A figure of speech is a use of a word that diverges from its normal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation." I used italics to make sure it was not understood literaly; however it seems that you don't understand figurative meaning of words. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 08:01, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! I award you this barnstar for the hundreds of asteroids you deleted. We did a good job. Exert (talk) 22:57, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I deleted 1 asteroid article. :P Meetare Shappy ^Cunkelfratz! 23:37, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

One isn't enough for a barnstar ;) I might have considered it if you'd done two :p ! Thanks for the barnstar Exert :D Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 05:11, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

Congratulations: You have been given a Barnstar! For your brilliant deletion and editing, I award you this Barnstar. :)

Pmlineditor 06:18, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks a lot, it's brightened my day :D Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 06:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I'll take back the barnstar if you forget to sign. :P Pmlineditor 06:22, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, used 5 tildes instead of four ;) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 06:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Simple News Edition 9

Simple News
Issue 9 - 29th November 2024 1,528,413 editors, 260,724 articles, 853,913 pages.
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Wernher von Braun, London Underground 1967 Stock, Ludwig van Beethoven and Earth are at Proposed Good Articles Hurricane Ismael and Germany are at Proposed Very Good Articles Wikipedia now has 53,746 articles owing to the deletion of over 6,000 articles. User Articles Yotcmdr - Article 9 For his ninth Simple News article, Yotcmdr talks about BG7, a new Wikiproject and some new sections on Simple News including a story. Pmlinediter - Article 2 For his second article, Pmlinediter talks about stubs, mass deletion and Gobby. Swine Flu update As of Friday 3rd July 2009 89,922 cases of Swine Flu have been confirmed. 383 People have now died from it.	[Subscribe] [Archives] [Discussion] [The Team]	Congratulations, Philosopher for passing a request for adminship! Commiserations go to Comppro whose request for adminiship was closed per WP:SNOW. Bluegoblin7 stepped down from adminship. QandA The QandA. Every month, a user will be interviewed by a member of the Simple News team. This idea was started by Kennedy and interviews have since been made by Bluegoblin7, Yotcmdr and Shappy This weeks interview is with Pmlinediter. Click here for Pmlinediter's interview! The Commander's Choice The Commanders's Choice. For every edition, Yotcmdr will be chosing articles that need creating, expanding or being attended to. Here is this edition's list: Aluminum Telephone Carrot Opera France The News in Brief Main Stories: Pop star Michael Jackson died due to a cardiac arrest. A Yemenia airliner crashed in the Indian Ocean on 30 June. There was only one survivor. The Organization of American States has suspended Honduras in protest after it ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Heavy rain in China and Vietnam has forced more than 300,000 people to leave their homes. The African Union's decision not to help arrest Sudan's president will not stop the International Criminal Court. Click here to see the sport stories Click here to see the Entertainement stories

Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 08:21, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Why aren't you on IRC for goodness' sake? Pmlineditor 08:56, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

I went to have a shower ;) Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 09:06, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Holiday

The song is not there anymore in SWN :S. Did you delete or link it to the wrong place or something?--<font=Comic Sans MS>S3CR3T (tell me a secret.) 02:29, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

It was deleted bby an admin at commons... I'll have to upload it here. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 06:27, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Bad idea - unless you can get permission to use the composition. Why not record a public domain song or even write your own? Analysis Retentivus (talk) 19:54, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• Just to say it: No uploads on simple. It will be speedy deleted. And if it was a copyvio and deleted on commons, it can't stay here. Barras (talk) 20:04, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
• Why can't it stay here? I believe it can, Simple doesn't accept pictures but sound files is another matter. I have uploaded many before. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:23, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I know, but these files are for articles (spooken articles) and aren't copyvios. If commons say it is a copyvio, so it is a copyvio here, too. Barras (talk) 20:25, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Dammit I was gonna ask you to sing "Fer Sure" by the Medic Droid :-P --<font=Comic Sans MS>S3CR3T (tell me a secret.) 20:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• Personally I don't care much about what commons says. We're at simple. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 20:30, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
  • If you really want to do a cover version of a copyrighted song - contact the music publisher and negotiate a Digital Licence. Analysis Retentivus (talk) 20:38, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Please note

It will require a community discussion to permit the uploading of musical public performance files here. Spoken word articles are a different kettle of fish as it is a person who is speaking the GFDL/CC-BY-SA words on a WP article and hence they are the original recording artist and can license their own work for inclusion here. Recording a cover version of a song for private, non-public performance is legal in the UK, however recording a cover version of a copyrighted work (aka, the lyrics of a copyrighted song) and releasing it for public performance (aka, on the Internet) is not legal unless one has obtained a mechanical license. Such a license can be obtained for a fee from the Harry Fox Agency, who are considered world-leading experts in digital rights management; specifically from there low unit sales arm http://www.songfile.com/. I think a mechanical license is required even where no charge is made for the derivative work. fr33kman ^talk 21:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

On another note

I'm issuing a polite caution about the behavior and tone of this discussion to all involved. Please discuss the issue without resort to emotional language. Thank you. fr33kman ^talk 21:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Last time I checked WP:EMOTIONAL LANGUAGE did not exist. Promethean (talk) 21:12, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Behaviour issues are at the discretion of an admin. Disruption of the project can bring about admin action. fr33kman ^talk 21:20, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Can you all stop flooding my user page with things please. Remember I'm an admin too, and I don't want to have to start blocking people because of harassement :D. Yotcmdr ^{=talk to the commander=} 21:22, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

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This week's song is Teenage Kicks (by The Undertones). There are 3 versions: One with Yot singing, the second with BG singing and the third with both singing. Drums by BG, Guitar and Bass by Yot. The Holiday cover which was deleted can now be found here.

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My RfB

Yotcmdr, Thank you for taking part in my request for bureaucratship, which closed as successful.
I promise to do my best and justify the trust the community has placed in me!
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