User talk:CynicalMe

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AK-47

Somewhat intuitively, "GA-Class" ratings are only assigned to articles that have passed the review at WP:GA; and the article still needs a bit of cleanup before it becomes "A-Class". (We are, incidentally, discussing eliminating the "GA-Class" rating entirely, in order to reduce our dependence on the ouside process; but that might not happen for some time yet. Hope that helps! Kirill Lokshin 03:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. CynicalMe 07:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding VandalProof...

Hello. I was recently (just a minute ago) cleaning out my user talk page, User talk:70.17.55.145. As soon as I cleared out the page, VandalProof immediately reverted my user talk and "warned" me about removing content from Wikipedia without a valid reason. I hesitate to try again, but I would like to clear out my page, as the content is no longer relevant. Thank you and please get back to me on my talk page. 70.17.55.145 17:53, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The warnings on my page are not vandalism warnings. Vandalism, as defined by the Wikipedia policy on vandalism, is "any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to reduce the quality of the encyclopedia." Every edit I make to Wikipedia is in good spirit, and though I have made mistakes, none of them have been deliberate. Removing messages from my own talk page, as long as they are not pertaining to vandalism warnings, is certainly allowed. That is what I am trying to do. 70.17.55.145 18:00, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, and thank you for helping to maintain and expand the high quality of Wikipedia. 70.17.55.145 18:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, CynicalMe! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Prodego ^talk 02:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging for Image:Henry survivalcamo.jpg

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Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi, I notice that you've started tagging some New Pages for speedy deletion using AmiDaniel's VandalProof. Good job. I did notice a couple of things however. You tagged both Omar Chishtie and James Craven after they already had speedy tags on them. This isn't necessarily wrong, but it isn't necessary unless you believe the article violates more than one of the criteria for speedy deletion.

More seriously you are tagging them with the {{delete}} template which is obsolete. You should use one of the more recent WP:CSD tags such as (in both the cases above)) {{db-bio}}. You always need to supply a reason for proposing speedy deletion. If you don't there's a good chance the article won't get deleted. Thanks, Gwernol 09:07, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I'll make sure to do that. CynicalMe 09:08, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I've looked at some of the contributions you've made here. You're doing very good work. Thanks for being a great contributor to Wikipedia. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Best, Gwernol 16:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I appreciate it. CynicalMe 16:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thefreakshow

yo, thanks dude for de-vandalizing my user page. Mad props to vandal proof!!!! Thefreakshow 10:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to help. `CynicalMe 16:10, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mind Your Own Business!

I HATE You! You Suck! You ERASED MY picture of the lizzard for Spider-Man 3! I worked HARD on that!

1. You were warned several times to stop including unverified information.

2. I didn't erase the picture. CynicalMe 18:18, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please help for correction.

Hello, thank you for your message.

Now, I do not understand the reason to which you Reverted my edit. Since my English is very poor, possibly you may be having thought that it was mischievous. However, the present description about the history of camcorder is wrong, If the reason is bad quality of English, please help to write the part using informations I provided.

Thank you for reading my bad text. Best regards. --Nekosuki 18:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The text you replaced said the same thing and was more precise. If you feel you can improve it, please feel free to make changes. CynicalMe 18:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The text I replaced didn't say the same thing. Replaced text said that the world's first camcorder was Betamovie in 1983. My text said that the world's first consumer camcorder was JVC's in 1980 (and the world's first professional use camcorder was BETACAM in 1982). Possibly, in the United States, Betamovie may be the first camcorder (I don't confirm). However, the right history is the turn of VHS, BETACAM, and Betamovie in the world. --Nekosuki 18:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. i think I know what happened. I think that in the time between when I noticed some vandalism, and when I reverted it, you made your changes. The vandalism i reverted was about something else. CynicalMe 18:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Trifecta

New account, ImpeachTheEmperor.

I don't think it should have been reverted, since The Emperor is the only political leader I've seen that has used the term like that, and I've never heard anyone using it as slang as he did. I fear we will have a discussion over this?

Warnings and reversions

Hi CynicalMe. Though it is not a productive edit, this really is not vandalism or a "test", and does not warrant a standard template warning. If you'll look, you'll see that the user did not stop making spelling changes after your warning. In such cases, it's important that you write a message to the well-meaning editor detailing what they're doing wrong. It is also important that you not revert their edits without leaving an edit summary. Best regards, and keep up the good work ×Meegs 19:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I stand corrected. I'm not sure what happened there. CynicalMe 07:14, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalProof and Reverting

When reverting vandalism, please be sure to revert all the way back to before the user began that cycle of editing. Otherwise you end up with silliness like a caption about a 'death ray' on Gatling gun =D -- Saaber 12:37, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VandalProof and the incorrect use of VandalProof and reverting good faith edits by real editors.

Cut it out. BabuBhatt 18:04, 17 June 2006 (UTC) I was using vandalproof to make a legitimate edit. The fact that I used vandalproof is irrelevant. Why dont you move past it? CynicalMe 19:04, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

First Minister

The addition you complained of just happens to be true.

I lack psychic powers. Please provide a link. CynicalMe 19:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like an explanation please

Two days ago, your bot reverted two legitimate changes of mine to Criticism_of_Islam. I had to fool the bot by splitting the change into two inconvenient chunks, mucking up the edit history of the article. I posted a polite message to your talk page asking for an explanation. Instead of responding with an apology, or even responding at all, you deleted the message. - Merzbow 07:00, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]