Tell us about your Wikimedia stories!     User Talk Contribs Awards Bots Email Requests for Mediation Admin actions NPWatcher Click here to leave me a new message. If you wish, email me using the link above. Finally, if I'm editing (and sometimes when I'm not), I'm usually on IRC in a lot of channels on the freenode network, but always in ##martinp23 connect. My current status on IRC is out. My PGP public key ID is 0xC0B92A0C, expand for key: Please check the history of this page to ensure that the key has not been modified by anyone other than Martinp23. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBEZKAX8RBACSoDwxhXmQrKN3f6xw5gD1Q5eeD6haiH8EqkKKf8QFKTf+IFHB Uo40yHU727jYGNV6+HUGfal6CCW0UJl7PmKgYMSPjTWH9dUO0LWZ/WrpMavl9XSq Af4VCebdwsNoNzIQcleRkMPGlhL1Av6r924ijLj3mS+QGfzTW1NhhuwyCwCg37cv T7wKCs9krlDBcTXPapovEykD/00g8dv7lXYZX4qAlezTyFoitJxiKjGzXNALzEo3 SkrSEjEf5aBHi8DXzAq/lHv+0et36zqOygA+xHzOHrwDitBG+/Obzx30fve3syQb Am9cuRdYnUIesa0sqEamTIizsLhuQnuxyOh2cgDW86P5oenvAVPjDny20oRli7oU i+vsA/9yHXytQpNUqwsZq1w8IE5wXnH0xR2AuWlL4RcfTRmFjZ8ELkeD3S6HoClQ NUotMIoPGBnZWxUwwj5tLkog8rEQ5ZczYrciS2Fu9unZu5gMzdOsGwjLVRo9FpWc ODNxKkuqZ5j2XoB7sTERbnqEHTDGagvZ5getaUaEVrEba0e0jbQzTWFydGluIFBl ZWtzIChNYXJ0aW5wMjMpIDxtYXJ0aW5wMjNAZ29vZ2xlbWFpbC5jb20+iGMEExEC ACMCGwMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAUCRswnSwIZAQAKCRCadozOwLkq DHGSAKCWdyHk6new/EyMTzOUbPCd5Qb6vQCg2pwnLRq9y2+/e/ti+PTjHrn3WUyJ ASIEEAECAAwFAkZW9AkFAwASdQAACgkQlxC4m8pXrXx5pggAj1qIKHcT97YdWOWM XtPGDB6n0WDpBA2mCKp1juKY0U8hRZiJ6EWzA1rPO1aRmKN7/kSHKtVoEZeFVHDo jPciJKshdHrUrjRpT1c0AvKDdzao0uaIdW6SoZfo+DAK8+Ez0WaEqls+StzGfzmC M0QsIO6WBKCQxNg4G+VWUYbYi3zSbka6Upm1y9FZI3+t6+h9LBYUna7cdbUjj284 +pP/qAsYJOi8w/HDgZsyI+0uBTIMKvIFTvRLvI4PceWaup+rkkyqAFxDevSQgYfU XPIIVRkETwdsxZweX8vBODaua1JkZYR851jNGZv1cCc7v2Pk8BPTfooaW+b49pPv vrKwS4hgBBMRAgAgBQJGShL6AhsDBgsJCAcDAgQVAggDBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ mnaMzsC5KgyokgCghN7ZweKXW4G5rH4kQQOssYRWNZAAoNWKCpeE4jSH1u6t7ExY BJIoqArciQEiBBABAgAMBQJGwASsBQMAEnUAAAoJEJcQuJvKV618JdgH+wUr3WUZ gDy0XbjbGaqiagj6sTBYdypqLl99cUVNqLA1uS4p+vIP25aqbf1xudPw0eSfZBhU tdAa/JaaS9R7MzUJosG2+n6rDRQvxS/qqX5WoM7NDzR5FHsuECKQVCO4d3zJia4o AwGPxWbN6uZL5tpCTnaUWG3ka2CBUTk3D8vhtK/Qaylnj95+BO/13ZkF2YIkrFmB Yx526sTohtrJYcp37lnFLCzV2XdTMJ8OkvO4ZN6ovmKOG4q2uRKRt1HQqUzVkE6Q 5fmtpiTbtI2DssTc3xa/BTbrlpp9Zk+cP3/G5CSZKHUH+k+Dgq8fernLSt+xNs3w SHcv/Ic4CCm0BI6JARwEEAECAAYFAkZjBvUACgkQ7vTdXHbMNWJQcAf/ToLyBI7Z MyNsZ1OQ7bHiyAHySTu4pfN0hTq3pWKR3SC7PPsrGEd7ni+S6LGkmmDZupkq7JWz sM4LmAKBZ3TuJdbMC9OzxskpMQSLKYKVPxZXSFJVFfgGnn9Ut/HpiyLpZwExp0wj CFKe9Vhj5tSdYf3FX6G9/TrvVvTwR/tbSiOjeJ4i6/sqoCo7224uz4gIphRvBtTv t8bKSMqJqYdly9r5Qkz8ExoTizYxC/7I78Tn+9+kpluQI8vOEng+UvhwkuiWWhY6 U2T3jGY5I0h4fzaeZZQzk8eoU0MWWeC3fdJBDEi49mk14w5LeIe8UC9iBacveUpD HVKv6uXWVkwDgrQyTWFydGluIFBlZWtzIChNYXJ0aW5wMjMpIDxtYXJ0aW5wMjNA bWFydGlucDIzLmNvbT6IYAQTEQIAIAUCRswnaAIbAwYLCQgHAwIEFQIIAwQWAgMB Ah4BAheAAAoJEJp2jM7AuSoMw+EAmgP6gpQfJZD2sOr+3/hdCijbKT4hAKCGtAB2 Zml2UpQyt2CyUVB9czYuMrQkTWFydGlucDIzIDxtYXJ0aW5wMjNAZ29vZ2xlbWFp bC5jb20+iEkEMBECAAkFAkbbaVwCHSAACgkQmnaMzsC5Kgz45ACgwkFVWvWSfyBB QNkPR1gJl4TDF18AnAke88OEN9dD160SvAY49W8v6zCViGAEExECACAFAkbbaUMC GwMGCwkIBwMCBBUCCAMEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRCadozOwLkqDEmrAJ9tnaSNRpGO 7uEcL1yzxzDT94HHCwCeMWFRErcloowM+qAzQe1cyFNMg96IYAQTEQIAIAUCRkoB fwIbAwYLCQgHAwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEJp2jM7AuSoM8n0An3gb4Mjt 6E6ftYoDfdLZWLwooFDkAJwLnzRCjlIidzZnL9GEoqwyQYdGpYkBHAQQAQIABgUC RmMG+AAKCRDu9N1cdsw1YvfYB/9+nUiRMLDNygzyJtyxPAq37T3EPHDbbJ+5xjjt UUR7jKTxu3uoRmJ3uPA22RUxCwZYD5QT/higU0ZNq/H/saIioawxPF21lh06u9ta pQpxk1xZyG3+hXVfgiSm7/dqbEqt1742X8MSyhyWx0QIy6rlCy4s7djkxXLBaDJ6 /+YudJyDQRtsSFQK9pbJ0XixEGFv/AdfTVdUCmx7102J2OgnQBBOblOknD5oHpGd lzK8OgOB6L2cx+Moau5gURVQ+EXBh5XxI17Hr8R4/7vwFwckGD1wry+tIXrPWGZs dtzxKTHKbFSF4LNFjvXZ8Tn5M4SXOTwDPslifLct2XeBPhZItDZNYXJ0aW4gUGVl a3MgKE1hcnRpbnAyMykgPG1hcnRpbi5wZWVrc0B3aWtpbmV3c2llLm9yZz6IYAQT EQIAIAUCRttr2QIbAwYLCQgHAwIEFQIIAwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEJp2jM7AuSoM yT8AoMw5DAnmtEm3G9GgTIiK/TnwdjdUAJwJTSQWtrodbAG/QCSrxBgoCGcoqbkC DQRGSgF/EAgAgp2+d2YPkiM/tjZ9uXOsGZlqUUdvTbTyv8vclRZ0k1oWAL6ZrAaQ rM6S7/MebFc8ellxco7jxM4xpD0PEoQe1tCaqV1d94F9NpyJcFm3FOKnLREZZp/6 pYpgYQ90lmmno62xE++uk3q9oOo2SAsGgxop3yE9EUQsttHuhzkR50Dj01L1ucUP pSkb0rr6GxxAz54ToXi5vO/O9nOa6VfV0F05JpBzefG/Xxub4+vRVig7d5nWyA9a FitZnjjdpu91lxMhEfHpzLQRQIk41E34DptBlJv8yzC4OjsasYpG3VLX8H+msDsq sRt7m+OU2YMz1t1t7yOUtjyR48d1aovYVwADBQf/S4WDoL2y18DL/xbDy61w1zYt BtC3TMrlCMYabpNHbEnBsILR7pjh7jcn85EUPnKW6+Fqi5gCrUhOMjj4BLbYocRa nQG6xbMz25oxMaxlkyoSYOqT5dEXDiz47Z0yU5KWD4qCxg3d380AEdNihjlrMtVp GCWoRdc9blfJcHwVmtdWC2/I1/JZSGIv5Al4SVl5YXGef7j5OOMWjiTYH9Wf7VfC JYPTCTTvcb52xptrQnt98yfAg0A6xl93jE5OpxyueNwcSlF2ZNLfIj5a0azf+dI8 /JX48MxxTLvudlsy+sqv42jG+l7CD8REEK88v8D62Huy+zHFWO43rtdh1ifyA4hJ BBgRAgAJBQJGSgF/AhsMAAoJEJp2jM7AuSoM1/gAnj1Z2fo56GcalEc8/u5yeu+w G+oMAJ40XrgDd4DC6Vh3FTKlopdiTMMAsA== =5ygR -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Hi Martin. Thanks for adding the article on the DeWint House to Wikipedia on July 19 2006. This article ties in nicely with the Tappan, New York article. I also tried to contribute the following articles - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-07-27 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-07-28 - which would tied important events in this time period. (Please use Tappan, New York for reference) They are as follows.

• The Orangetown Resolutions Articles_for_creation/2006-07-27
• The Old 76 House Articles_for_creation/2006-07-27
• Macy Deming Articles_for_creation/2006-07-28
• Haring Adams (Deming) House Articles_for_creation/2006-07-28
• Cereo Articles_for_creation/2006-07-28

Thanking you in advance for your assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.203.40.2 (talk • contribs)

Hi Martin, Thank you for your feed-back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.203.40.2 (talk • contribs)

Dear Martin

In the article on the "Waggle Dance" there appears the following statement:

"it is now known that a round dance is simply a waggle dance with a very short waggle run"

There are no references nor any supporting documentation for this blanket generalization. "It is now known" -- when? and by whom? I am not saying that it is not true, it is. The information is very new and may require the entomology textbooks to be rewritten. I am just wondering who posted this and what their sources are.

Peterlborst Peter

Please comment here. Thanks! --Fang Aili ^talk 18:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping update the list! I'm working on matching people, so hopefully it won't take months to get to you. :) --Fang Aili ^talk

Er, wait, nevermind. I'll match you with a student soon. --Fang Aili ^talk 18:35, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. I can't wait until all the old requests are filled-- then the "project coordinator" will not really be necessary. I have sent out several messages asking if people are still interested in coaching, so if one is you'll be first to get a student. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 18:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've matched you with User:Khukri. Please contact him to get started! --Fang Aili ^talk 18:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Evening Martin, first of all thanks for agreeing to take this on. I'm not necessarily looking for adminship at the moment. Not sure if you read my reply on Fang Aili's page, so here you go gratuitous cut n paste alert. I recently self nominated for an RFA as I believed it would aid my work looking after the WikiProject on user warnings. I withdrew my nomination after a couple of opposes came in and my thoughts can be seen on my talk page. Having sat back and thought about it, I didn't remove my name from the coaching as I think that this can aid me in gaining a greater understanding in policy and practice, and does not necessarily require someone to have the mop n bucket as the end goal. About me, been here in one form or another for nigh on two years, first logged in edits were exactly a year ago today! I've around 4,000 edits mainly in RC patrolling, equiped with most of the vandal tools. About 2 months back I took over the WP:UW project as it had stalled and with one other editor have got it to a position now where we are a month or so away from overhauling all warning templates. What do I want...... not sure to be honest, wikipedia for all it's good points isn't the most intuitive of websites, and it can take quite a while to find pertinant policies on vandalism, who's doing what, who looks after waht etc. So I think I'd like to pick your brains for the secret squirrel stuff. Please have a look through my history, project work, RfA and talk pages and it'll give you a better idea of who I am. My e-mail is enables, can be got hold of on IRC or MSN. Anyway thanks again and I'll speak to you soon. Cheers Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 19:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Posting again to avoid archival - sorry for the delay Khukri, I've just got some unexpected stuff happening in real life. Martinp23 23:06, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unexpected stuff which automagically vanished! Martinp23 20:34, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is just a friendly reminder that Wikipedia Weekly has been released with a new episode!

Actually, it's a couple of new episodes. I've been moving to an place closer to campus (my commute was getting to me) and hence, the reminder message was a little slow in coming out. So slow we put out 2 where before we had 1.

Anyways, all is good now, here's the new episodes!

• Episode 9 MP3
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• Episode 8 MP3
• Episode 8 OGG

As always you can download old episodes and more at http://wikipediaweekly.com/!

Please spread the word about Wikipedia Weekly, we're trying to spread the word so that people know about the project, we've got some cool guests lined up and it makes it much more fun if people tune in!

For Tawker and the rest of the Wikipedia Weekly crew -- Tawkerbot 05:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Howdy there. I added myself to the approval list. I think that I have a lot to offer Wikipedia by monitoring new pages, and that I would be able to do a faster job if I were able to use NPWatcher. --Adam Riley ^Talk 01:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I was just wondering if I could get approval for NPWatcher. I know it says you must have 300 edits, but, does that mean mainspace? I only have half of that. But, I do Newpages patrol a lot, and most of the User Talk edits are for users that people have placed a {{db}} or similar tag. I think that if I get NPWatcher, I can build my experience with dealing with issues, and more newpages that violate any rule will be taken off.

Thanks!

Cheers,

Tyson Moore es 01:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the approval :)

Tyson Moore es

Naughty boy! The blocking admin cant review an unblock request silly! Thats what they are there for, a second opinion lol!  Glen  09:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you said "feel free to nag," so here I am.  :) My request for NPWatcher approval has been pending for a week, so this is just a friendly reminder asking you to look at the Check Page. --Russ (talk) 12:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can I ask a favour? There's some discussion over at Wikipedia_talk:Featured_article_candidates#Multi_FA_template (mostly provoked by me) about a bot to carry out FA status updating. Could you cast your eye over the proposal (near the bottom) to check that it is technically possible? I know it should be possible, but I've purposedly stayed away from bot writing, so I don't know the system limitations and permissions required - I can't see it would need admin privs but I might have missed something. I don't want to get further into writing the template if the bot isn't going to be practical. Cheers, Yomangani^talk 13:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So what is the next step in the mediation process? csloat 17:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Addressing distortions during mediation?

Isarig's statement has made several outright distortions of my position as well as of the issues at stake. I am tempted to address them one by one on the mediation page but I do not think that will be productive. Should I just wait until all have said what they have to say and then list the distortions? Or wait until you summarize each position and then only address those distortions actually relevant to the contested issues? Some of his comments (e.g. charges related to the Valerie Plame article) seem totally unrelated to the issue at hand and while I feel the need to address them for the purpose of truth, I don't see how that will help the mediation process. Similar issues may come up when the other two disputants have their say. Your guidance on this will be helpful; thanks! csloat 22:33, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is the warning: User_talk:203.187.209.207

D I promise you I did not vandalise the Solapur page! The bot FAQ says others might be using my IP. This is my desktop PC at home (not a cyber cafe or networked PC). Are IPs still shared? Can I/we do something to avoid this? I do always log in to my account to make edits. Anagha 17:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, that helps! Thanks :) Anagha 14:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy - I noticed that your bot MartinBotIII is removing the coatofarms tag from images, leaving many of them with no copyright tag at all. For those images left with no copyright tag, it seems to me that your bot should also be adding {{nld}} and notifying the uploader. Otherwise someone else will have to go through and check all the images that your bot edited. Of course, there could be a very good reason for not doing this that I'm not aware of :-) -SCEhardT 21:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hrm, well it looks like OrphanBot is currently tagging coatofarms images with nld while leaving the coatofarms tag also. If you two could coordinate it would cut the overall number of edits in half. I'll let Carnildo know also. -SCEhardT 22:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Nevermind - I see you've already asked Carnildo about it :-) -SCEhardT 22:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for enabling me, Martin. I've tried the software and I have a few suggestions already. On the Maintenance tab, I'd suggest {{Uncategorized}} as an additional option. Also, instead of the button arrangement that only allows you to insert one tag per page, how about having checkboxes so that, if necessary, a user could place more than one maintenance notice at the same time? --Russ (talk) 21:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• One more -- {{db-nocontext}} as an additional deletion option. --Russ (talk) 21:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,

You raised an imprtant issue on my talk page. I replied there, but I will repeat my reply here, to make sure you see it.

Voting on matters on which one is incompetent is certanly NOT voting in good faith. Such users and such attitudes should be discouraged. Such behaviour patterns drive away highly qualified editors and lower the quality of the information on WP. The good guys get exhausted trying to clean up the little piles of dog poop left behind. linas 01:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. Remember Naradasupreme (talk · contribs)? Looks like he is back as 84.40.234.115 (talk · contribs). He blanked the sock puppet warnings sometime today. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 18:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. It is beyond me why this guy wants to keep clearing his old account and talk pages. If he was smart, he'd leave the pages alone and start fresh without going back to them. I don't care if the guy edits on Wikipedia, provided he is within the set policies. However, I doubt that will ever happen. :: Colin Keigher (Talk) 18:59, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Martinp23, I see that the TfD was closed as a 'weak keep', did that happen to include the very large number of entries deleted by an annonymous user: [1]? I'd like to see all the votes counted and become a part of the archived debate...perhaps that section can be restored, counted and become part of the archive. Thanks! Dreadlocke ☥ 00:19, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!Deedee19482 11:54, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

December 13th is MIA--172.128.124.189 13:50, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - I've made the archive page and fixed the main desk. The reason it happens is that the bot sometimes dies half way through an archive due to my unstable internet, or (maybe more likely at times) wikipedia stops working. Thanks for reporting this Martinp23 13:57, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for handling the MG2s problem. I appreciate your quick response and action. I don't know how much longer I could have dealt with that. Pumeleon^T 19:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MArtin, Many thanks for the welcome! Rer my own case, it may well be that I can come to a reasonable settlement having had a frank exchange with khaosworks, but I won't take any cases until I have decided what to do about that thanks. I think it is an excellent idea to have some form of representation, and look foward to getting involved in due course. Many thanks, Rob 19:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please be careful when removing {{coatofarms}} and it's ilk from images, as in this instance the image ended up without a licence tag! Thanx. 68.39.174.238 23:27, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was fast... 68.39.174.238 23:31, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your input at my RFA, which successfully closed at 58/2/0. I will think about the 10 questions and answers I had, and I hope that I will use the tools constructively and for the benefit of Wikipedia. If you ever need any help, don't be afraid to drop me a line. I'm here to help afterall! ‎Template:Emot -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 23:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My current case seems to be going well. I do not need any help yet, if I do I will leave you a message. The reason for this is to ask you if you can tell me how I am doing in my first case.--Sir james paul 12:31, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent bot approvals request has been approved. Please see the request page for details. -- RM 16:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I frogot how to enter my password on the IRC. Can you tell me how on my talk page?--Sir james paul 16:57, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This user, User:Big black penis has been on Wikipedia for a while and nothing has been done. Please block him. Nitro calibur 17:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion, I'll get on it right away. By the way, I myself have pretty much no knowledge of this subject either, I've never even shopped at a Lord & Taylor in my life (though I think I walked through the store that used to be in Manchester, Connecticut on the way to the mall once...) It is due to this fact that I insisted to the other editors working on the article to dig up citations to differentiate the fact from the fiction on the page. I guess even vandalism can have some positive effects! LOL! --Elipongo ^{(Talk|contribs)} 19:27, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see meta:OTRS/volunteering#Martinp23. We've got a backlog again and sure could use the help. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-17t19:53z

[2] [3].

I'll try and meet you in the OTRS IRC room tomorrow 2006-12-18 after about 18:00. After reading the meta OTRS pages, have a look at [4] - our system is slightly different, but it'll give you a general idea of the interface. -- Jeandré, 2006-12-17t20:52z