User talk:Mikesc86

Shildon Locomotion Museum

Hello. Thanks for cleaning up Shildon Locomotion Museum. You've done a much better job than most new contributors. I may have been a bit harsh in listing it for deletion but in my experience people create these articles, someone lists them for cleanup, and then the author never bothers to take responsibility for what they've deposited in Wikipedia, therefore it's often better to nip them in the bud as it were. I hope this explains why I took the step of putting it on VfD. It resulted in the article being cleaned up anyway. Cheers and sorry for trying to condemn the article to extermination rather than giving it a chance to be sorted out. — Trilobite (Talk) 18:29, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Many thanks for your kind comments :) Now that I have a more thorough understanding of Wikipedia, I understand completely why this article was nominated for VfD. Mikesc86 01:52, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion vandalism

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Ansell Review my progress! 01:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

• It is supposed to be there. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars#Speedy_deletion_criteria
  • This quote right after your addition says otherwise, "this is an example of an attack page, not of patent nonsense; please don't reword to make it silly" Ansell Review my progress! 01:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
    • What on Earth are you going on about? My edit is a much more realistic example of an attack than "John Citizen is a moron". Mikesc86 01:18, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
      • Quoting Lamest Edit Wars as a source can be seen as disrupting wikipedia. Your example is patent nonsense IMO, and hence not a good example of an attack. Ansell Review my progress! 01:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
        • If Lamest Edit Wars is disruptive, then I propose a VfD Mikesc86 01:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
          • I didn't say the page was disruptive. I said that using it to justify actions is disruptive. The page is there to document past happenings and why they should not happen again. Ansell Review my progress! 01:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
            • You're funny, I like you. But I hate the messy code your signature leaves behind. Mikesc86 01:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Inappropriate Speedy Deletion

Thank you for your comments. Perhaps it was a mistake, perhaps it was not, I don't know it was too long ago. However, you should note that administrators do not need "concensus" on an AfD page to speedily delete an article if they believe that it falls under one of the categories on WP:CSD. Once it has been speedily deleted, an administrator will then close any open AfD debate with "speedily deleted" regardless of the debate on the AfD page. enochlau (talk) 02:10, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Tyne and Wear

Hi there, I'm currently considering making a wikiproject called Wikipedia:WikiProject Tyne and Wear and I'm just wondering if you would be interested in joining if and when It's created as I noticed from a user category you live in County Durham. It would be all about improving and creating wikipedia articles relating to Tyne and Wear. If you have any questions, comments please tell me on my talk page and if you know any other users who maybe interested in joining please feel free to tell them as it will need a few members in order to make it run smoothly. I will also be willing to create the project page and templates etc if there are enough active members. Please leave your name here if you are interested. Could you also please tell me whether you are interested or not on my talk page - You can take as-long as you require to decide! Thanks. Tellyaddict^{Editor review!} 16:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Star-wreck-2.png

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Diaspora (computer game)

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Unspecified source for Image:Nimbusmockup.png

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Image:Swingset2.png

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Swingset2.png)

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Norfolk Open Link

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Copy-n-Paste Moves

Please do not make copy-n-paste moves as you did with Openlink (Norwich,UK) to Norfolk Open Link. Copy-n-paste moves shouldn't be done as they disassociate the edit history which causes GFDL compliance issues. You should move pages instead. I have fixed this one. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. -- JLaTondre 20:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Star-wreck-2.png

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:StarWreck.jpg

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Troubles with user:Tedicky

I see you have had trouble with the user:Tedicky also, this guy just went and vandalized my user page trying to say it is subject to subject page criteria . I also had to report him to the administrators. We need a hunting license for these bad trolls, their input is nothing but counterproductive, Good luck, down with bad trolls, happy editing and posting. (Lookinhere (talk) 17:27, 25 March 2008 (UTC))

Ancient history

Hi. A long time ago you contributed to Talk:Cow (disambiguation); the topic of that discussion has come up again. --Una Smith (talk) 14:17, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Diaspora ss.jpg

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Diaspora (computer game)

Hi Mikesc86, I don't think you're still active here but I could do with some information from you. In your original draft of the Diaspora you mentioned the December 2000 issue of PC Gamer giving a 95% score. I've looked through the PC Gamer online review archive from that period but couldn't find that review. Can you tell me if this was the UK or US edition of the magazine, issue number, what the extent of the coverage was, or better still a page scan? Thanks, Marasmusine (talk) 13:34, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

• It was in the UK edition of the magazine. 11 years is a long time to recall the issue number. It was also featured in .net magazine, and I'm glad to see this scan I took is still floating about on the Internet: http://image.bayimg.com/eadbkaaba.jpg In addition, it was mpogd.com's game of the month in September 2000. http://www.mpogd.com/gotm/?Date=9/1/2000 Mikesc86 (talk) 16:23, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Bitcoin reversion

Please don't undo my changes to the Bitcoin page before first checking in on the Talk:Bitcoin page, where we had reached a consensus before I acted. You made some comments there but never mentioned that you had reverted my changes. Now I have to manually re-revert your changes, which is a pain. Chris Arnesen 04:31, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Diaspora (video game)

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Fails WP:SIGCOV. Game never achieved any level of coverage.

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Nomination of Diaspora (video game) for deletion

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Orphaned non-free image File:Diaspora endymoth.jpg

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Concern regarding Draft:Diaspora (video game)

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