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Invitation[edit]

Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur


Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur

Hello, Wikipedians! Please accept this invite to support for proposed WikiProject Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley), a collaborative effort which aims to create, expand, and maintain Kuala Lumpur & surroundings-related articles as a descendant WikiProject Malaysia and WikiProject Cities. If you'd like to help, please vote here. All feedback is appreciated! Thanks!

Cheong Kok Chun (talk) 02:49, 17 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know?[edit]

Updated DYK query On 27 December, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Madhavan Nair & Anor. v. Public Prosecutor, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--GeeJo (t)(c) • 13:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK![edit]

Updated DYK query On 27 December, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article C. C. Too, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! Nishkid64 21:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coca Cola[edit]

On 5 July 2004. you added a section to the Coca Cola article about Coca-Cola and World War II. Where did you get the sources for this section. Please contact me at User talk:Natl1.--Natl1 22:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


dyk's[edit]

I finally learned all I needed to know about malaysian law and precedence. You're making the rest of our law systems look bad lol (you got a little competition with the Phillipenes). Keep up the effort! Bakaman 23:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Loh Kooi Choon v. Government of Malaysia, was selected for DYK![edit]

Updated DYK query On December 28, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Loh Kooi Choon v. Government of Malaysia, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 22:01, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Recovery of Abdul Taib Mahmud[edit]

Greetings johnleemk. The article referred above was deleted on the 25th due to copyvio. I am, however, looking for a way to restore it to its pre-copyvio state. Since the article was deleted, there are no edits which I can revert it to. Can you help in restoring the article?– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 13:29, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your assistance!– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 13:45, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

red links[edit]

Saw a couple of redlinks in your DYK, so I created the subarticles Surinder Singh Kanda v. The Government of the Federation of Malaya, Mohamed Azmi Mohamed, Ong Hock Thye and Category:Malaysian judges.Bakaman 23:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Assa Singh v. Menteri Besar of Johore, was selected for DYK![edit]

Updated DYK query On January 2, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Assa Singh v. Menteri Besar of Johore, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 00:25, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just a suggestion, John. Can you please try to re-word/shorten your DYK's. I noticed that some of yours have been exceeding in length, and seem too verbose, to say the least. Thanks again for all your DYK's. =) Nishkid64 22:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Public Prosecutor v. Khong Teng Khen & Anor., was selected for DYK![edit]

Updated DYK query On January 3, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Public Prosecutor v. Khong Teng Khen & Anor., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 03:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor, was selected for DYK![edit]

Updated DYK query On January 4, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johnson Tan Han Seng v. Public Prosecutor, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 21:56, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just 'cuz I'm curious...[edit]

Hmm ... you wrote copyright law forbids the creation of derivative works without express permission from the copyright holder. But MATTEL INC. v. WALKING MOUNTAIN PRODUCTIONS [1] indicates a much greater leeway for transformative uses of copyrighted material. (And I really am trying to understand some of the finer legal points here...) Wikipedia would therefore be a "derivative" work in your view? Because I thought I read somewhere in this whole debate that taking a widely-released publicity photo and putting it in a non-profit encyclopedia would likely be more transformative than derivative. As I said, it's just 'cuz I'm curious... Jenolen speak it! 10:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

G'day. I hope you can spend a little time to take a look at the article and offer some comments on it.– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 10:23, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added a little info on the Trisakti. As the sources (offline) that I've consulted so far made no mention that the Crown Colony flag and the 1870 flag was used together, I left out the 1870 flag, but made certain additions to the article.– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 18:50, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, it is similar. But not as similar as the Czech flag, where what one needs to do is just flip it over horizontally.– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 15:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use of City of Chicago Maps[edit]

Thanks for the Campbell's Soup explanation. On an unrelated fair use issue, I would like to add the Official City of Chicago Maps to all 77 City of Chicago officially designated community areas. What is necessary in this regards for uploading the 77 different .pdf files and appending them? TonyTheTiger 08:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure I understand how either #1 or # 2 applies. #1 I believe it would be quite difficult to freely replace the map in order to adequately give the same information. #2 The maps are not being sold by the copyright holder thus use on WP would not make it so that one no longer needs to purchase the actual product. Nor would it truly replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media which serves (IMO). Please eplain further. TonyTheTiger 15:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I took the liberty of uploading another version of this picture over at Commons. Should I prepare a cropped version for EN and ZH Wikipedia?– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 17:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Wikisource:Malayan Proclamation of Independence. Perhaps you could offer some suggestions, or double-check the text. I'll be working on the Proclamation of Malaysia next.– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 14:42, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of Chinese script in an Malaysian city article[edit]

You are probably tired of seeing my face on your talk page again.

There is a conflict (edit war?) going on on the usage of Chinese scripts in Kuching (see history page). I would like to hear your opinion/advice on this matter (Talk:Kuching).– Matthew A. Lockhart (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 9, January 2007[edit]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 009 – January 2007

Beatles News
  • The ongoing divorce proceedings between Paul McCartney and the former Heather Mills continues to occupy the attention of the media - Heather Mills reportedly receiving unspecified death threats.
  • The British Post Office have released a series of stamps depicting various Beatles album covers.
Project News
  • The Paul McCartney article is being primped and primed for submission as a Featured Article candidate.
  • The good folk who have been working on the above article have turned their attention to the John Lennon page. Everyone is, of course, invited to contribute.
  • The hottest Project page this month has been the Macca (Paul for those not in the know!) article, again.
  • Other Project news... Please let the editors know if anything is happening, or just contribute it to the next newsletter.
Member News
Issue of the Month

The question of capitalising of the letter "t" in The of The Beatles has been raised again. It appears that UK style references (here and here) also maintains that the letter should be in lower case. If the Project is to be appear professional then it may have to change the format. Polite discussion is invited at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles/Policy. If possible, please provide sources/references to support your position.

From the Editors

It has been a fairly quiet time with regard to the Project (or at least that is how it seems). If you are reading this and wondering why your efforts in respect of a Beatles article has not been mentioned, it may be that you haven't told any editor. This is your Newsletter, which means you can contribute to it, so please do!

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Battle of the Somme FAR[edit]

Battle of the Somme has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:17, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DYK[edit]

Updated DYK query On 26 January, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Faridah Begum bte Abdullah v. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Yomanganitalk 08:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About Kuching[edit]

Can you please go to Talk:Kuching and state your comment on whether Jawi script is necessary or not. Just that Kawaputra insists on not having it. Thank you. --Zack2007 05:13, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Lg_new_coke_logo.jpg)[edit]

Thanks for uploading Image:Lg_new_coke_logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn (talk) (Contr) 15:04, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How did you get permission to use the Dewan Negara picture?[edit]

Hi John. For the picture uploaded by you onto Wikipedia, found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dewan_negara.jpg, how did you obtain permission for fair use, and from whom did you obtain this permission? Thanks. AppleJuggler 12:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate your rapid response. Are American copyright laws consistent with Malaysian copyright laws? Could a situation arise where an authority from the Malaysian Parliament questions the use of this photograph on Wikipedia, despite the 'fair use' tag which, as it appears to me, is often very carelessly and broadly applied? AppleJuggler 12:28, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 10, February 2007[edit]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 010 – February 2007

Beatles News
  • George Harrison's handwritten lyrics to the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps have fetched $300,000 (£152,552) in a Scottsdale (Arizona, United States) memorabilia auction (15 January). It contained lines omitted from the final version of the song. Specifically :
I look from the wings at the play you are staging While my guitar gently weeps As I'm sitting here doing nothing but aging Still my guitar gently weeps 

On the reverse of the page appears the lyrics to Hey Jude in the hand of Mal Evans.

Project News
  • The Project lead article (The Beatles, for those not paying attention) has had its Good Article status reviewed, and the consensus was 'keep'. The efforts of User:Andreasegde in supplying the requested citations, and other editors in helping with general editing, and the strength of arguments for retaining the grade sufficiently impressed the reviewers.
  • After a great deal of work Paul McCartney was promoted as a Featured Article candidate. Unfortunately it failed to succeed. Among other comments, including the correct length of dash (or hyphen), from reviewers was that the article was too long and also that it needed further information included in some of the sections(!?) The promotor, and driving force behind the insertion of a great many references, citations and facts (and the remover of unwanted text, and splitter of information into daughter articles), Andreasegde vigorously argued the case for promotion but was unsuccessful.
  • Mimi Smith was successfully nominated for WP:Good article status. The major editor to whom accolades should be directed is... Andreasegde.
The Beatles' Influence on Recording Music by Apepper and Wings 1973 UK Tour by Danthemankhan.
  • The hottest Project page this month was possibly, despite the Article Status related issues regarding both The Beatles and Paul McCartney mentioned above, the third attempt to delete The Beatles trivia in less than a year. As was the case for the second attempt at AfD the result, after an energetic discourse, was keep but with a suggestion that the article be retitled to reduce the incidence of deletion requests. Editors are invited to discuss possible new titles, and/or the need for same, at Talk:The Beatles trivia.
  • Other Project news - Lar did a bit of a purge of the subscription list during last month's newsletter delivery. Some folks were kept (and are at the active list), some who clearly are not active on wikipedia at all were removed with a "you've been removed" message left (and are at the inactive list), and some folks who were less active but not as clearly completely inactive were given a "this may be your last newsletter" message (and are at the possibly inactive list). A more nuanced subscription list is now here (in several subpages as outlined above), and anyone who wants to tweak their status (moving one's self back is a clear cut sign that we should deliver the newsletter to you!) should feel free. Please respect the rather spartan formatting though, this list is used by WP:AWB currently, and may be used by other automation in future.
Issue of the Month

Hottest issue or concern for this month is the perennial matter of Project articles losing their Good or Featured Article status. The main Project page now includes a status board that gives the current ratings of some of the more important articles. Let's make sure the core articles (The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr) reach or retain Good Article status, if not Featured Article. If you are aware of another major article whose status is at risk, add it to the board.

Issue of last Month

Since there has been no response in the matter of the use of lowercase for the initial letter of the when applied with Beatles from the opponents, it is likely that the case for using lowercase only will be adopted as Project policy by default. User:LessHeard vanU will draw up a recommendation and submit it to the Policy talkpage in a few days.

From the Editors

We are pleased to welcome the contributions of Alexcalamaro to this newsletter. Any editor can include an item of interest or news; this medium can be an excellent tool for getting a comment seen by a great number of project members. As it says below, this is your newsletter.

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delivered by ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 03:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cybergrind[edit]

I don't understand your action. The debate showed the outcome as 'no consensus' but the article has been deleted and protected. Why this antagonism towards a random music subgenre? In any case, the basic description was merged into Grindcore as a subgenre of it, so I don't see what the harm would be in at least making Cybergrind redirect there. Also, the page included a useful list of bands that is now inaccessible. This list should at least be copied into List of Grindcore Bands and pasted there under the "Cybergrind" subheading. Please don't ignore this. I understand that you may think this is just some made-up crap propelled by a few stupid kids, but the reality is that there are plenty of underground subgenres that will exist despite your dismissal and disparagement of them. It's hard enough to find reliable, non-biased information on underground music as it is without people trolling through Wikipedia deleting anything that's not pop or classic rock. Honestly, I think Wikipedia would be a lot better if editors restricted their jurisdiction to topics that they had some basic knowledge of. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Baligant (talkcontribs).

--Oh, ok, sorry about that - I was unaware there was a second nomination

Happy New Year[edit]

Happy New Year. --Ancheta Wis 10:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. is "Gumshi-gumshi" a recognizable greeting for New Years? Ancheta Wis

Fuzzy Zoeller edit controversy[edit]

Hello, there. As you may or may not know, the Miami Herald recently revealed that professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller has filed a lawsuit against Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. for adding false statements to his Wikipedia biography.

For data gathering purposes, an SRS of 20 administrators has been created, you being one of them. I would like you to comment on this situation and its possible implications to Wikipedia, the accused company, and the general welfare of the community in general. (To what extent will this impact Wikipedia? To what extent will this impact those who use Wikipedia often? To what extent is the company guilty? Who do you believe is at fault?) Feel free to comment however you wish. I ask that you email me your responses via my emailuser page so as to reduce bias in your responses. (Again, don't post your responses on my talk page.)

The following are articles from various news agencies that you may use to inform yourself about the situation: Miami Herald, Herald Tribune, Web Pro News, The Smoking Gun.

I thank you for taking your time to express your opinion. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time. Jaredtalk 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

3RR on Timothy Noah[edit]

Actually, I thought you were correct for a second; I think if you look at the first of the three I was reverting vandalism[2]. Thanks for the reminder though; I'm more conscious of 3RR on articles I care about, at which point I must decide to either ignore the rules or not. Something I'm just keeping an eye on I'm way more likely to accidently go overboard. -- Kendrick7talk 17:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up[edit]

Dear Johnleemk,

Thank you for the comments you provided 2 months ago for the Ohio Wesleyan University page. Several people have worked on improving in the past few months. I just nominated it in the FAC process, so feel free to provide your opinion if you have the time. Thanks again! I very much appreciate it! LaSaltarella 03:34, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Survey Invitation[edit]

Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 03:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me[reply]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 11, March 2007[edit]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 011 – March 2007

Beatles News
  • On February 5, 2007, the Beatles' Apple Corps and Apple, Inc. (Apple Computer) announced a settlement of their latest trademark dispute involving use of the Apple trademark on the iTunes Music Store. In May of 2006, the High Court ruled in favor of Apple, but Neil Aspinall, manager of Apple Corps, vowed to appeal. Evidently, in the intervening months, the two companies negotiated a settlement. The settlement is discussed in this AP story. For background on the case, see Apple Corps v. Apple Computer. For fans, this may mean that Beatle music will be available someday on iTunes. Despite rumors of a February 2007 release, the material is still unavailalble.
Project News
  • There were no Project article adoptions for the month of February.
  • Project Policy has now been altered to reflect that the use of lowercase for the letter "t" of the word "the" in the Beatles is now considered the correct rendition.
Member News
  • New members to the project since the last issue include (although the first is a long time contributor who apparently has only just found the Participants section);
Tvoz
Freshacconci
Liamshaw
John Cardinal
Mezlo
ErleGrey
Captain Waters
Hey jude, don't let me down
Issue of the Month

See below. There is genuine concern that the Newsletter is getting stale in terms of content and variety, and that the same individuals are featured each month. Furthermore, lack of "news" is hindering the timely distribution as the editors wait for something to report. All Project editors are encouraged to give their news, suggestions and thoughts to keep the 'Letter vital and interesting. If making direct contributions do not appeal, please give a mention on the Newsletter talkpage and it will be incorporated!

From the Editors

Help is needed for the job of putting future Newsletters together. The present incumbent is finding it difficult to reflect the breadth of the Project, focusing on much the same individuals and articles each month, and has decided to beg for contributions from other individuals. Interested persons need only start working on next months issue to qualify. It really is that simple!

If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy!

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delivered by ++Larbot - run by User:Lar - t/c 00:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Johnleemk. I noticed the song sample you uploaded in 2004 on today's featured article, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. The song sample is 37 seconds, which is longer than the permitted "fair use" sample length under U.S. copyright law. Song samples must not exceed 30 seconds in length, or 10% of the duration of the recording, whichever is shorter. You can read more at Wikipedia:Music samples and Wikipedia:Fair use. Would you be able to upload a new sample which is less than 22.5 seconds long? Thanks. ~MDD4696 05:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you're right about the law... I misconstrued the information at http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/confu.htm. ~MDD4696 14:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: User:Nosons[edit]

The user himself confessed of being a banned troll. Also, regarding the complaint, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Deskana#Re:_A_request --thunderboltz(TALK) 08:38, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Duran Duran FAR[edit]

Duran Duran has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. LuciferMorgan 16:48, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

weasel word[edit]

Regarding your edit here: Is Miller "some" who "believe"? It's still a weasel phrase and tagging it with the {{weasel word}} tag is the right thing. According to Wp:npov#A_simple_formulation, if there's a source for that a statement, it should be stated in the text who exactly (e.g. Author X) says what exactly (e.g. Quote Xy). So, if you know that this is attributable to Miller, please go ahead and rephrase it accordingly, and then delete the weasel tag. —AldeBaer 01:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I could have fixed it myself. I just thought that removing the weasel tag without fixing it is not best practice. However, thanks for taking care of it. —AldeBaer 14:50, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted folks to know about real vampires.[edit]

I just wanted folks to know more about actual real vampires not just the ones in Hollywood. For centuries real vampires have lived in secrecy and practice the faith in secret. The whole negative discussion as to why my articles should be deleted just validates and supports vampires living in secret and not sharing anything about our lifestyle or faith with the mundane public. (Thank God the rest of the world is a little more open minded and civil, than some of these disgruntled, bitter, Wikipedians. I find myself laughing at the bitterness and hostile tone of some of these people. They should put this kind of energy into finding a cure for AIDS or ending world hunger. It is amazing that so many obviously, disgruntled, unhappy people are on Wikipedia. I guess not a lot of happy go lucky, out the coffin vampires like me are on Wikipedia. Maybe more people should take up the vampire faith. Although it might not help some of these severely depressed and repressed souls. Vampires just do not have the time or energy for this kind of negative energy. I feel really sorry for all those people who have nothing better to do besides sit around and discuss why someone does or does not have a right to post something on Wikipedia. It is really sad and precious time wasted on having a nasty attitude and a closed mind. These people make me thank my lucky stars I am a proud and very happy vampire.

Many Blessings and Hope All those Unhappy Wikipedians find something positive to do with their time and energy.

Vampire Libby Hodges

News Time[edit]

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 012 – April 2007

Beatles News
  • On Friday 30th March, a deranged fan was held after attempting to force his way into Paul McCartney's mansion. See here for more details.
  • Apple Corps continues to make news, after the recent settlement with Apple Computer over the use of the Apple trademark. On April 10th, the company announced that long-time chief executive Neil Aspinall had stepped down and had been replaced by American Jeff Jones. It was also announced that another long term dispute, this time with EMI over royalties, had been amicably settled prior to Aspinall's departure.[3][4]
Project News
  • The article "Jeff Jones (music industry executive)" suddenly becomes of top importance in the Apple sphere of Beatledom. User:Kingboyk has created a stub on the man, but the article needs urgent beefing up (including basic biographical data such as date and place of birth) and, if possible, a photograph of the new Apple chief executive.
  • With the debate over "the Beatles" vs "The Beatles" continuing to cause ill feeling and a number of resignations from the project from advocates on both sides, Kingboyk attempted to diffuse the situation by blanking the Project Policy page and tagging it as {{historical}}. Although this unilateral action hasn't been reverted as of the time of writing, the reaction was mixed, with two members rejoining the project and others stating their disagreement. With the issue still not resolved, the page was sent to Miscellany for Deletion, for the wider community (and WikiProject The Beatles members) to consider the issue.
Member News
  • The membership list has been trimmed, with inactive members listed seperately to help gauge the status of the project. If you've been incorrectly listed as inactive, please don't be offended - just move yourself back to the main list.
The Rutles: The legendary group who inspired lesser imitators like "The Beatles". WikiWorld, March 2007
From the Editors

This has been a tumultuous month for the project yet again.

We need your input on how the project should work and what it's role should be. And we need to start getting Featured Articles, folks! :)

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BetacommandBot 23:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply] 

Assistance wanted re: previously failed RfA.[edit]

Dear Sir,

I would like to ask for your assistance. About 14 months ago, I self nominated for an RfA, which I ultimately withdrew (see here). During that RfA, you lodged an oppose vote, and I have taken a lot of the comments from that failed RfA on board since then. I am now up to an average of near on 875 to 900 edits per year, having only recently got back to the net from health issues (Throat cancer), and I am once again considering attempting a request for adminship. I am writing to all those editors who opposed my original self-nomination to ask them to see if they would be kind enough to review my recent work, and to see whether they consider that I have taken those points from my old RfA on board enough to warrant another attempt.

I am enjoying getting back into the swing of working on Wikipedia again, and looking forward to enjoying many more years of work. I am now using Twinkle and VandalFighter for my reversion work on RCP and CVU, and looking to the future.

Thank you for your time, and for your comments.

Thorsteinn A. Malmjursson User:Iceflow / Formerly User:Tmalmjursson 17:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding User: 221.148.48.216[edit]

Greetings, Johnleemk. I am sorry to bring this to your attention, but I see you have dealt with IP 221.148.48.216 earlier. Due to continued and widespread abuses, I have reported this IP to Suspected Sock Puppets. In addition to blanking the IP talk page of warnings, this IP has improperly used multiple user accounts. The abuse continues; my report of sockpuppetry is here: [5] if you have the time to contribute. I hope you do not mind, but I have quoted your statement regarding the final warning on the IP talk page (in the conclusion), as it sums up exactly the problem we are dealing with.

Thank you for your attention. Enigma3542002 08:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you haven't been watching the article or GAN, you'll be pleased to know that it is now a good article. I just thought you might be interested, as you were one of first people to comment on the article. Will (We're flying the flag all over the world) 03:08, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding protection of Starcraft[edit]

Maybe it was a little to soon or maybe not even needed to lock the page. I noticed that the page was being flooded with "OMG starccraft 2 and just bad eddits Sorry. Natural number is e 06:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Kretchmer[edit]

The article is about a fellow student at my college, of little note. The notability of the article has already been disputed and it should be deleted. He has created the article purely for publicity reasons, the article is not serious and is a joke; the fact that he is on Wikipedia for some rural newspaper articles written when he was 16 and a minor film appearance (which he obtained through living in the area of where the film was made, not talent) when he was 7 is a joke, and should be treated seriously if this resource has any integrity. I myself have have appeared on television a few times, most notably on the BBC's University Challenge, as well as writing for college publications and appearing in the student newspapers, yet do not have the gall to create an article about myself. I would suggest you think about the integrity of this resource as a reference tool, then look again at Harry Kretchmer, then take the correct course of action and delete this worthless article of no reference value. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.63.62 (talkcontribs).

Re: Paul Dobransky[edit]

I'm not going to contest the removal. But it could use more info. --Whstchy 16:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

deletion of iCM Freedom entry[edit]

Curious to understand why our competitors have entries of a very similar nature and yet my contribution was deleted as spam. New to this so would appreciate your feedback. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.153.216.20 (talkcontribs).

Deletion of Fundadores article[edit]

Please explain why you deemed this article spam? I would take issue with you on this point. The article is intended to be purely informational, and part of that information includes identifying brand owner, manufacturers, etc., the kind of data that cigar smokers want/need to see. If your objection is to the fact that the information was cited as coming from an online dealer catalogue, that is unfortunate, because that is currently the only source for this info. It may or may not be included in a future edition of Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars, but until/unless it is, I have no other source for the information included in the article. Please advise me of what you deem necessary in order to remove the article from the category of spam and move it into the realm of information. If I have not heard from you within three days, I will re-publish the article unchanged. Further, I have absolutely no connection whatsoever to the brand owner/retailer. Thank you. Glacierman 03:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Beatles-singles-from-me-to-you-us-1.gif)[edit]

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Ok thanks for letting me know!! :-)


Best regards

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New Dawn Fades[edit]

I know very well about PROD and AFD, thank you very much. It's more of me making a mistake in tagging the article. Evilclown93 13:53, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: OKCupid Wikipedia test[edit]

I think 96% is as high as you can get, actually. I'm not sure why that is. And yeah, that test is painfully out of date. I keep meaning to update it, but I'm not very active on either Wikipedia or OKCupid at the moment. –Abe Dashiell (t/c) 17:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee,

David Mestel(Talk) 18:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply] 

Hi, since it seems you deleted and then restored Fumadores, you might be willing to voice your opinion on the AfD. Cheers! -- lucasbfr talk 22:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Leemon[edit]

Thats fine with me - I must have been mistaken. Thanks for fixing my error. Kind regards, Anonymous Dissident Utter 12:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Protection[edit]

Hi John, this is youngyew / changyang1230. The Sekolah Menengah Damansara Utama page has been vandalised repeatedly in the past few days, and despite my reversion to a "good" version it was vandalised within days (refer to the history). Is that possible for you to semi-protect it against unregistered users? Thanks a lot! :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.219.254.46 (talkcontribs).

Holy crap, that's insane. I just reverted to the last clean version and semiprotected it. Thanks for the heads-up. Johnleemk | Talk 16:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Non-free use disputed for Image:Yesterdaysample.ogg[edit]

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E.T.[edit]

Thanks for the encouraging comments so far on the FAC. You will stick around right, to offer support/oppose when Bignole expand the Themes section? Alientraveller 17:38, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucratship again[edit]

Hello! In September 2005 you indicated your desire to be notified if and when I was nominated for bureaucratship again. As per your comment, I'm letting you know that I'm up for bureaucratship for the third and final time at Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Andrevan3, and your opinion would be welcome. It has been a while, so if you're no longer interested, I apologize and understand. Cheers, Andre (talk) 22:07, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you![edit]

Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:33, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Jude FAR[edit]

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165.228.129.11's edits on Jeff Ooi[edit]

Hi. It's come to our attention a user under 165.228.129.11, registered under a Australian ISP, has been censuring and adding unreferenced attacks on the Jeff Ooi article.[6] [7][8][9][10] This behaviour clearly ignores both WP:CENSOR and WP:SOAP. Similiarly, the same IP address was used to perform minor vandalism on the same article in late-May and early-June.[11][12][13] Not suggesting the editting patterns are of the same person though.

Several people have revert changes made by the Telstra user, but the user has clearly remained persistent, reintroducing the same form of commentaries since the beginning of July. Your assistance is much appreciated.

Thanks. - Two hundred percent 01:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]



(Copy from 165.228.129.11 reply reference page. Help needed.) To request unblocking:

IP address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:165.228.129.11 Blocking admin: Johnleemk Block reason: edit warring, adding potentially defamatory material to Jeff Ooi Block originally applied to: 165.228.129.11 Your account name (if you have one): An explanation of why your block is unfair: Changing baseless (no proof) statement, defame innocent company names. Defamation is unethical.


Hi Johnleemk,

I am using userID :4867219 (the IP you blocked)

I work for a PR firm. I try not to make wikipedia a commercial place which become a platform to defame companies without proof. My team of 2 person recently did a successful round of misinformation damage control for an International client using public education and soft fixing to avoid being too personal and stay within the line of truth and justice. The process went smoothly and cleared many unclear misunderstandings, and received strong media and public support. When I saw the Jeff Ooi vs commercial issue, the misinformation came long way to wikipedia carrying baseless claims, I have to fix this unfair event.


Refers to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Ooi

The User bio was OK to cite "facts" without framing "names" of "selected target" he wants to target. Unfortunately until this happens: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Ooi&oldid=139193098 The User on 13:07, 19 June 2007 by username of Relaxtoday posted this statement:



Subject : SMS Scam

Currently Jeff is devoted in revealing SMS scam on his blog. His effort has gain mainstream media attention. He managed to show proof that companies like Macrokiosk and NextNation are involved is SMS spoofing, and also MCMC's lack of control over such problem.


Which is unfair to the target company, a system provider which serves large corporate customers (refers to their website) which has nothing to do with the issues Jeff wanted to make a point. I would suggest it could be fair and ethical to display a commercial issue without the smell of commercial defamation like this:


Subject : Spawned Clearer Defination of SMS, Spam and ScamSMS, Spam and Scam


The 1st sentence: "Currently Jeff is devoted in revealing the different stake holders in mobile industry and his effort has spawned the public to better understand the difference of SMS, spam and scam on his blog. His effort has gain some media attention" (arguable, only 1 small tabloit mistakenly quote "company names" which had appologized the next day for "misquotation". Jeff took that as his credit, but he did not slow the article "next day" which appology for their mistakes. In actual fact, the "main stream" media did not get the piece of information from Jeff but the vendors who being baselessly accused did their clarifications. The press in fact clearly explained the difference of SMS, spam and scam, and "did not name any software vendors such as <targetcompany1> and <targetcompany2>" in the press, and that is professional. Jeff can't get a credit for what the vendors PR company did and twist the facts. That is the type of ethical press freedom we want to see in Wikipedia. The vendor <companyname>, which was clarified by the authority as "unrelated" to SPAM or SCAM or SPOOFING, was "released from the mistaken accusation", so why Jeff take it personally? Because he can't proof, he has to make story to support his claims? Refers to: http://mobilebedsidenews.blogspot.com/2007/06/draft-technology-101-hardware-software.html and http://www.mcmc.gov.my/consumer/non_compliance.asp). Read the industry blog reveal the truth, and the MCMC statement which has nothing to do with "SPAM, SCAM or SPOOFING".)


The next defamation statement is unnecessary and too personal "He managed to show proof that companies like <target company1> and <target company2> are involved is SMS spoofing, and also MCMC's lack of control over such problem." This could be fairly quote as "He managed to show some proof of sms issues and trying to find the relationship between the issues and the stake holders, namely the mobile operators, the vendors and the public."


Jeff "FAILS" to proof that there is any SMS spoofing out there (no UFO ok!) despite some spam which has nothing to do with the 2 victims. The statement above is a commercial attack without proof. Until today, there is no single proof of "SPAM, SCAM or SPOOFING" did by the 2 victims(Quote spoofing proof here if can find 1 piece of scientific evidence). In actual fact, the actual vendors which has clients doing SPAM was not cited, such as: Mobile365 (aka Sybase365), AKN Mtech and Lanetro Zed. Why Jeff only wanted to target only 2 companies but not the other vendors? Read this detailed analysis: http://mobilebedsidenews.blogspot.com/2007/05/akn-mtechs-uncle-lim-man-who-kills.html


Technically and realistically, there is NO WAY any third party could do spoofing except mobile operators themselves. Jeff good intention to stop SPAM or SCAM, is like many techies who wanted to stop email SPAM and SCAM, which is OK. Despite many good intention friends remind him of his misjudgement, he still promote baseless SMS spoofing story until he touches misinformation on "financial numbers", which is serious crime in Malaysia. Finally Jeff Ooi stopped his baseless comments. Jeff is indeed getting into trouble and proof himself of "generalize" different issues and "defame" people mixing truth and lie.... which is sad to see he step into the other side, went too far.



Questions:

1. Jeff Ooi on his website has been feeded mix sources of information, "generalize" SMS to SPAM and SCAM. Just like people used to generalize email providers = spam = scam supporters.

2. Jeff Ooi highlighted the companies which provides system and has basic system errors, which has been "proven unrelated to spam or scam or spoofing", and was released from MCMC questions. The authority questioned "all the top 20 vendors", not just the 2 names Jeff Ooi pick for some reason.

3. There is not a single proof of spoofing up to date, nor spam or scam related to the vendors. There are "SPAM and SCAM" from China and South Africa reported in the past, which are totally other issue.


After the local media and public had made known to "differentiate SMS, SPAM and SCAM", during June 2007, the misinformation and people who over carried by Jeff's generalized blog has resulted in spoiling Wikipedia? Is this what Wikipedia suppose to be a baseless commercial defamation platform?

The Wikipedia Earth did it right by revert back the original unspoiled posting: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Ooi&oldid=144760085

However, for some reason, the "Relaxtoday" wikipedia user seems to be supporting baseless defamation work and add the no proof statement again on: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Ooi&oldid=144765568


Is this what Wikipedia will end up with, supporting commercial defamation and personal attacks?


Kristy Singapore

Hi guys, I am new to here, I don't know how or where to get help. Can't let unjust issue hanging out there, sorry if I post wrong section etc. please give guidance to help me put justice in place :'(

Replaceable fair use Image:Badruddin_amiruldin.jpg[edit]

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CloseAFD.js[edit]

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Aimee Allen[edit]

Please undelete the page "Aimee Allen". If you search "Aimee Allen" the Wikipedia article called "Aimee allen" comes up with the last name being lowercase. Unfortunately any pages elsewhere link you to the wiki article "Aimee Allen" which has been prohibited. It seems that you administrated the decision to delete the article. I think you will now find that she meets and exceeds all guidelines and criteria for both and artist and a composer/lyricist. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Revolucian (talkcontribs).

Review of Wee Meng Chee[edit]

Hi again. Mind taking a look at Wee Meng Chee as a third party and give your two cents on what can be improved? There are comments on the talk page stating that descriptions of a song and reactions is seemingly overwritten. Thanks. - Two hundred percent 18:03, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're Invited![edit]

Apa Kabar,

I have just joined WikiProject Malaysia and have contributed to the article Malaysian Indian by expanding it. Hope you like it. Regards.

Hello! I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Dravidian civilizations. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Dravidian related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Participants Page! Thank You.

Wiki Raja 06:16, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a long time ago now (Dec 2005), and it doesn't really matter, but I was amused by this and wondered if you just had an off day, or if you had a reason for your decision. Regards SilkTork *SilkyTalk 06:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clanton, Mississippi[edit]

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AfD nomination of Clanton, Mississippi[edit]

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WikiProject:Malaysia collaboration of the Month is Malaysia[edit]

Hi there. Based on the majority votes, we have selected Malaysia to be our first Collaboration of the month for October 2007. Please feel free to contribute and make suggestions to improve the article. Thanks! kawaputratorque 05:42, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're question concerning the Backstreet Boys![edit]

All of them sing, just at different times. They are known for their wonderful harmonies and they all play some sort of instrument. They only play those instruments at certain times though. Nick plays the drums, Kevin plays the piano and keyboards, Brian plays the Guitar (usually accoustic), AJ plays the bass guitar, and Howie plays the Electric Guitar. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetheart8181 (talkcontribs) 17:44, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dew Crew[edit]

What did you do with the Dew Crew??? You deleted their page. That is unfair to them. Immortal301 (Not to be confused with Immortal300 who was framed for erasing part of your site*)

  • A friend was using Immortal300 when Immort300 did that, Immort300 couldn't do anything about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Immortal301 (talkcontribs) 16:18, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

About you[edit]

Hi, nice to meet you! I heard that you're a Malaysian admin right? I think you're the first admin from Malaysia I know. Btw you're a Chinese right? Do you know Chinese? If not, why not you use the zh-0 box in your Babel? Because if you're a Chinese, you'll probably expected to know Chinese... --Edmund the King of the Woods! 11:00, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yvonne Foong?[edit]

Hi Johnleemk,

May I draw your attention to the article here: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Foong). It seems awfully like vanity. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.184.30.185 (talk) 21:12, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject The Beatles[edit]

Your user name is on the “Inactive, or have just popped out for a cup of tea...” list on the Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles page. You can move it back to the “Participants” list if you feel this is not the case. :) -- WikiProject The Beatles 15:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP Malaysia December 2007 collaboration of the month[edit]

Hi there, based on this month's total votes, our collaboration of the month will be none other than our capital city as well as Malaysia's primate city of Kuala Lumpur! Please feel free to make improvements on the article, or comment or give ideas on ways to further improve the quality of the article. Thanxzsz. kawaputratorque 04:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

It has been proposed that WP:EPISODE be merged into WP:WAF. Your input is desired, so please comment here. Ursasapien (talk) 11:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:May 13 aftermath.jpg[edit]

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