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hey thanks

Thanks for removing that vandalism. How do you monitor that stuff, anyway? (Neutronbomb 04:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC))

I probably used this: User:Lupin/Anti-vandal_tool ._-zro ^t_c 01:53, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

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		I'm awarding you this RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. Wikidudeman (talk) 09:20, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Mine or mine

I created an article Crandall Canyon Mine, without checking Crandall Canyon mine first.

We need to merge the two articles. Is capital "M" right, or lower case??? IP4240207xx 03:18, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

PS: I looked at mines on "Category:Mines by mineral" and a rough a eyeball guess is 60% upper case, 40% lower case...

O dear. Hmmmm.... After reviewing the google news results for "Crandall Canyon Mine" the results seem mixed as well. I believe that if it is referenced as "the Crandall Canyon Mine" as opposed to "Crandall Canyon's mine" it is a proper noun and should be capitalized. I'm not absolutely positive though. Reviewing naming conventions doesn't seem to proved clear help either. I say we go ahead and merge into Crandall Canyon Mine and make a redirect on Crandall Canyon mine, and see if anyone doesn't like. What do you think? ...Also, great job on the article! ._-zro ^t_c 04:53, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, my mind went naturally to UPPER case when I went to start the article. Also, I think the confusion comes when you say: "I work at the coal mine." Then: I work at the Opal coal mine." And, people forget to convert the word to upper case. I agree, UPPER case. And thanks for the kudo's, I think mine has more technical dotting of the "I"'s and crossing the "T"'s, I even copied my opening sentence the other one because it looked so weak. And, then I added the mapit, Google Satillite looks the best. I also tried to pack a lot of info in just a few words and sentences, word economist. IP4240207xx 06:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, sounds good. I actually didn't start the article. I probably would have created it UPPERCASE as well. I'm not sure who originally created the article, actually. And I'm very glad you had real info on the mine, the article I was working on basically should have been titled "The Accident @ CC Mine", since it had NO information on the mine itself really. It was quite poor. Thanks again for your contributions! ._-zro ^t_c 06:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

O mighty vandals!

Hi, Z. On your user page it reads: Zro spends most edit time revering vandals, adding citations, and other minor edits. I think the sixth word is missing a letter, but I hesitate to edit your user page for you. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 17:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

O dear! ... that is a nasty typo.... thanks! ._-zro ^t_c 23:04, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:46, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Warning

Excuse me but how does what I did qualify as vandalism? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjamin177 (talk • contribs) 02:06, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Hello

I notice that you say you are a Trotskyist Zro. I would like to invite you to my Communist Discussion forum http://marxistforum.12.forumer.com/ and hope that if you do decide to join, you will bring Comrades with you. Comrade Hamish Wilson 03:49, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Pedophilia and Child Sexual Abuse in Fiction

Thanks for your comments on this troubled page's Talk. I've just copied the article to a sandbox at my user page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SocJan/Sandbox , giving it a far less POV introduction and a new title along lines that others have suggested. Please have a look, see what you think. Your comments would be most welcome. SocJan (talk) 03:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Resolution near (?) on how to entitle Tony Sandel's lists of books portraying sexual attraction to children

Please visit Talk:List_of_works_portraying_adult_attraction_to_young_males#Requested_move. Tony has accepted a proposal for a new title that may put to rest objections dating back to late 2006. Your input in the next few days would be appreciated. You participated in earlier discussions of this question and related questions about that work. SocJan (talk) 03:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Colbayns

Hi zro, thanks for the advice reference getting to grips with editing the Colbayns article. I am new to this so I hope people will be patient with me.

What was it about the article that brought it to your attention; amongst all the other articles, what takes you to one on a school in a different country to you?Crucible1999 (talk) 16:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Your edit @ 16:42, 9 June 2008 contained the word "f*ck", and there were a number of consecutive edits with no edit summary from a user with a blank user page which lead me to investigate. Then briefly reviewing the article, it seemed that perhaps your intentions were not malicious (WP:AGF). However, your edits are in need of some serious work. Please review policies on Verifiability, Original Research, and Tone. You should try to improve the page before someone takes it upon themselves to remove your additions. Adding citations is a good place to start, maybe try here. At any rate, I wish you well, and feel free to ask for help if your ever confused!._-zro ^t_c 23:28, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much zro. My contributions are hopefully going to be considered good humoured but honest. As regards style, I take your point about the word, "F*ck" but that is a verbatim quote as relayed to me by the receptionist, and in the context it struck me as entertaining. Perhaps I could paraphrase it? As regards citations, I shall certainly look into that. I didn't know what an edit summary was but I have seen some other people's now, so I shall work out how to do them, I promise. It'll have to be at the weekend now, though. Will that be soon enough? Many thanks for taking such an interest in my faltering steps and for your kind support.Crucible1999 (talk) 22:42, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

In response to your last response about "F*ck" and it being a quote "relayed to you"... I think perhaps I was not clear on why it drew my attention. There is no RULE against the word "Fuck", if it is informative. What drew my attention was the censorship of it in such a manor. As far as you being the only source of the quote PLEASE review WP:OR and WP:V! Also in regards to profanity, WP:PROFA. I'll check back this weekend, I don't know if others will be as patient. Goodluck! ._-zro ^t_c 03:53, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Righteo, thanks, zroCrucible1999 (talk) 17:18, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Picture for Navanethem Pillay

Hi there, you recently added a picture for Ronaldo Lemos and I wondered if you could look into getting a picture for the Navanethem Pillay article... (I assume you know about things like this, maybe I am wrong). If you google her you will find images of her, maybe one of them could be used under "fair use" policies (?). Ta --SasiSasi (talk) 17:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Signing warnings

Hi. Thanks for the vandal patrolling. It is really helpful to admins like myself when following up on WP:AIV reports if when folks leave u3, u4, and u4im messages like you did on user talk:12.171.191.195 that there be a signature (~~~~) after the warning so we can easily see when the last warning was left. This is especially important on IP editors. Otherwise we have to match the warning to the history and compare that to the last edit, with is about twice as complex. That being said, thanks for the warnings being issued. Please keep up the great work. Toddst1 (talk) 22:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the heads up. I'm pretty sure I did sign the warning, and all warnings and talk_page eidts, for that matter. I usually use fancy tools and such which helps automate the process, and signs edits as well. Perhaps the issue is that my signature is lame? If so, let me know. I just changed it a while ago, and think its perhaps too long? Thanks again! ./zro (⠠⠵) 22:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Apparently the only thing lame around here is me. Sorry about that. Toddst1 (talk) 22:25, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks! Keep up the good work! (and p.s. no one who actively and usefully contributes to the project is lame. ha.) ./zro (⠠⠵) 22:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Youth Of The Nation Page

Hi Zro

I setup a page for the Youth Of The Nation Conference and you placed a banner saying it need some more work to be done. Can you recheck it and let me know if it's up to scratch yet.

Cheers Benghis uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.89.38.4 (talk) 00:17, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Signed in —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benghis uk (talk • contribs) 19:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hello, Benghis. Firstly, thanks for your efforts and contributions! I would advise that you take a look at the notability requirements for organizations. I am guessing that the criteria for inclusion outlined there will most closely reflect the article in question. The major concern would be the citing of significant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. Also of concern would be the perception of the article seeming like and advertisement seeking to promote the organization, rather than an encyclopedic article. I have also dropped some links on your talk page that will be useful../zro (⠠⠵) 01:10, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science

I saw that you left a tag on this article. I did not see a note about this on the WP:Requests for expansion page. Could you leave a note on the talk page for the article describing what in particular needs to be expanded? Thanks. Wronkiew (talk) 00:33, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm. My mistake. I apologize for not leaving a note. I can't remember now exactly what i was thinking at the time. Looking at the article now, one thing that i think would be helpful would be a history on the origin of the award, if you are perhaps privy to this knowledge and have a source. I won't make a fuss if you think the article is fine and remove it. Again, appologize for not makgin a note at the time. ./zro (⠠⠵) 05:39, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed Deletion by Dojarca re {{MinorPlanets Navigator}}

Be advised that Dojarca has proposed deletion of this navigator. You may be interested in responding to this and/or bringing it before others. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 03:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

P.S.: Thank you for your compliment re 120174 Jeffjenny, etc., and your comment which I have implemented. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:17, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

mawe mbili

Thanks--Godshat (talk) 14:32, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the information. Which contributions in particular? That is certainly not my intention. Thanks --Pjkcards (talk) 20:06, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

The article i was refereing to was Computer cleanup. I have left a more detailed message on your talk page ./zro (⠠⠵) 20:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Well

I'm not vandalising, as I'm not obstructing other pages, just stating how Wikipedia is a "Free Knowledge" source, but you reject the TRUE information that is given to Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toxicsock15 (talk • contribs) 04:34, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Right on. Thank you for not "obstructing other pages". For the record no one is 'rejecting true information'. Please just review some of the links under the welcome message on your talk page. There are some policies and procedures that need to be followed. WP:verify might be of help if you are having a hard time understanding why your edits have been contested. Also, please note, that there is no reason to call others names. Personal attacks will not be received well and will likely result in someone blocking your account. Thanks for your interest and I hope you are willing to find constructive ways to contribute. Thanks again! ./zro (⠠⠵) 04:43, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Re: Commodities and Vandalism

Hey Zro, and thanks for the note. That's a good point re commodity: this is perhaps not the best word for me to use, and I think I'll change it. I meant it in the sense that like currency or water or oil, information has value and the power to increase the standing of those who use it wisely. Someone without many physical commodities and wealth may nonetheless create value for themselves and increase their place in society by obtaining and using information. I find the internet inspiring, because for now we may not be able to bring everyone in, say, sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty. But giving them better access to information is the first step in giving more equality of opportunity. It's not in itself sufficient, but it does blow my mind that I have access to the entirety of MIT's course materials for free. And thanks for pointing out the vandal on my userpage - I didn't notice. :) FlyingToaster 18:24, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Change

How did u find my page man. I changed my uncontrusctive talk page. Black Reign 56 (talk) 00:00, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Adaptive highbeam headlamp

It was my mistake I meant automatic highbeam headlamp instead of adaptive highbeam headlamp. The Adaptive highbeam headlamp article doesn't need to exist.Dr. zedy (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:31, 23 June 2009 (UTC).

re: User:Ais523/stubtagtab2.js not working

Ausome, works great again. Thanks Patchy1Talk To Me! 17:50, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar!

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Under construction

Hi there! I noticed your are creating some articles and placing a large "under construction" notice at the top. Please consider using one of the templates for this. Template:Under_construction and Template:Inuse might be of help. There are instructions on both of those pages for how to use them. Thanks. ./zro (⠠⠵) 10:32, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. That's very polite and considerate of you. I'll have a look at it later.

If that's not soon enough for you, please feel free to replace what's there with whatever you think should be there.

(I have to admit that what appears at the top of an "under construction" page is not high on my list of priorities.)

Best wishes, Pdfpdf (talk) 10:39, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Religion should not be in the schools

Hello Zro. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Religion should not be in the schools, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not nonsense - there is meaningful content. Thank you. GedUK  11:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

You're totally right. My error, and appologies. Thanks for the notice. I'll try not to let it happen again! ./zro (⠠⠵) 11:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. I've prodded the article, as it clearly doesn't belong on WP. However, CSD is a very particular method of deletion (to stop us admins getting carried away and deleting stuff willy-nilly!). PROD is the best way to deal with articles like this one, and if that is challenged, then it has to go to AfD. Oh, and if you use the talkback template like you did on my talk page, put it at the bottom, or i'll not see if for ages (I happened to check the page history just now, or i'd have missed it!). Cheers, and Happy New Year! GedUK  14:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

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Questions about my page

Hey Zor,
I created the page for Nancy Paterson (Cyberfeminist) after reading the Cyberfeminism which mentions her.
Thanks for the welcome and the advice. I read the guidelines and was wondering what specifically is it that is violating the guidelines?
I removed the links to the personal website after reading the guidelines.
Sarahtariq (talk) 04:42, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for responding! My concern is that the article needs to assert why the individual or their work is notable, and then support that claim with reliable secondary sources. I'm not familiar with the individual, so I honestly don't know if they meet the notability criteria. The article may very well be warranted, but it needs some sources other than their bio, and their own publications. I didn't propose deleting the article, and instead just put the notability tag on there because I thought you or someone might be able to fix it. Has this person or their work been covered in the news or some reliable source? If so, add some references, and feel free to remove the tag. I would also probably note your reasoning on the articles talk page. If you have other questions, let me know! Thanks for your contributions! ./zro (⠠⠵) 05:08, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey I made some changes to page. I added more detail about Paterson, explaining their notability. I also added more third party sources using academic references. Is there anything I could do to improve the page? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahtariq (talk • contribs) 07:18, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

May 2012

Hi Zro. Thank you for your work on patrolling new pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I'm just letting you know that I declined your deletion request for St thomas school kalyan, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to look at the suggested tasks for patrollers and review the criteria for speedy deletion. Particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion, proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. Just a heads up. I declined the speedy deletion, since the A7 criteria for speedy deletion is not applicable to schools. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 08:10, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

• I just check and Wikipedia:School#Notability says that school must meet notability for organizations, isn't that A7? Wikipedia:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)#Primary_criteria lists schools as well. What am I confused about? Thanks for pointing this out! ./zro (⠠⠵) 08:16, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
  • There's often confusion there. The A7 criteria for speedy deletion applies to articles that fail to indicate importance and/or significance. This is a lower threshold than notability. You can read more about the A7 criteria here. The policy specifically states that it does not apply to educational institutions. (You can always send school articles to AFD or add a PROD, outside of the A7.) If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact me. Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 08:31, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Ah! I see. There it is. Thanks for the clarification! ./zro (⠠⠵) 08:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
      • No problemmo! Best regards, Cindy(talk to me) 08:43, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

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Fred Hampton

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