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2006 FIFA World Cup

Hi there. You fully protected the above article back on 15 December. It has now been fully protected for a few weeks because of edit warring, and you (and I) tried to engage those involved in the edit war to discuss the issues. However, no-one has thus far commented at all. What happens in cases like this? I have left a message on Talk:2006 FIFA World Cup asking if it should now be unprotected or changed to semi-protection, as no-one involved in the edit war seems willing to disuss their differences. Thank you. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 19:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thats a good point about those involved waiting to see if it is unprotected. And as no-one has asked for it to be unprotected by adding the tag then maybe it is best left as it is for now. cheers.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 21:28, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Super Bowl on ITN

Yeah, I was also set to update ITN with the Giants victory (using the format from last year), and then I got edit conflicted. :( I prefer the "to" instead of a dash. I think many recent sport scores on ITN have been featured like this. Nishkid64 (talk) 03:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo Use

Hello Ian:

I came across a photo of yours on Wikimedia that I would like to use on my web site. This is the first time I've used wikimedia so I'm not real clear on the permissions. I am a real estate agent in Pittsburgh and would like to use the photo as part of a banner on my web site. Please contact me at (e-mail address removed so it isn't spammed; you may find it in the page history if necessary) so we can discuss permissions. thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.240.17.114 (talk) 16:05, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Adminship

Wishing IanManka/Archive/17 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Idontknow 610^TM 12:14, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Comparison of wiki farms

Hello. You closed an AfD awhile back. Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of wiki farms (2nd nomination). Could you have a look at Talk:Comparison of wiki farms#Alexa references? Additional input is requested. On that talk page I mentioned your "keep" vote at the AfD closing, and I pointed out the state of the page at that closing that included site URLs. --Timeshifter (talk) 23:24, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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IP welcoming

You seemed to have welcomed an IP user after I already welcomed them over a month ago :-) I removed it, but I just wanted to give you a heads up. Killiondude (talk) 05:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Montenegrin football players

Hi Ian! Believe me one of my pet hates on wikipedia is articles about 18 year old Eastern European third league soccer players but there does seme to be some sort of coverage on pages like this. I can imagine that something could b e written about them to make them valid, although in regards to notability, I probably feel the same way! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 12:27, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah they are pretty useless stubs, perhaps the creator of them could be prodded to include a valid source and at least some basic details (if they must be started!) . Regards. 12:41, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Skoda Auto

Note: This comment was merged with another section "allegedly," which seemed to be the same part of the message. I changed the level two section header of "allegedly" to dashes and removed a space at the beginning of the line immediately following the heading so that the page would format correctly. Also, I moved the signature to the bottom of the page so that the auto-archiving bot could process the message correctly. To see the original formatting of the message, please view the history of my talk page. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 21:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ian, According to Wikipedia's own terms, the article for Skoda Auto (subsection criticism) is in breach on three counts: [1]

1) The sources quoted are from a forum which is speculative and factually incorrect. 2) The content of the sources are libelous. 3) The information contained within the entry is relating to an ongoing legal case that is subjudice with the courts of law here in India. The quote specifically states: "Skoda India authorized service center -- allegedly -- swapped parts from a car that was scheduled for service and replaced them with defective ones, resulting in an accident"

Kindly remove references (and block subsequent edits to this page) that reference the forum and details of the case. In addition, please remove the accompanying photograph which is in it's self part of the case! Skodaindia (talk) 12:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Skoda India

Skoda India, Please donot remove any details pertaining to Skoda's Criticism, as it is very much true, Skoda being foolish trying to object their mistakes, instead they would have accepted the mistake initialy itself and should have closed this case before it have become like this. Now i dont think they will ever can stop this, as every individual is known to this issue and hesitant to the brand Skoda. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.17.162.165 (talk) 03:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia tries to abide a policy of a neutral point of view. Completely removing a criticism section or piling on accusations is not the way to do this. Hopefully, interested parties can work toward a peaceful resolution on the talk page. I have reverted the complete removal of the "criticism" section, but have taken no further action. Good luck on a resolution. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 04:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ian, Skoda has a clear vested interest in putting a lid on the Criticism section. I've tried to keep the tone of the section as neutral as possible. Since Skoda India has a problem with the word "allegedly", I've removed that too and changed the reference from the forum thread to a more solid newspaper article. Is Skoda India going to next say that the newspaper article is factually incorrect and libelious? Nowhere do I mention the details of the ongoing legal case, just the incident that precipitated it. I also wish to clarify that I do not own a Skoda or have any vested interests in this whole issue. I came across this criticism and felt that it should be made known to everybody, but it looks like Skoda likes only boquets, not brickbats. The accompanying photograph is NOT part of the case; this is. The red car was photographed near Chennai which is far removed from where the present case is running. It is also relevant to the content of that section. Would Skoda India like me to replace it with a photograph of the car that was wrecked when Nummer Eins installed a defective brake rotor in it?

Blacwiki (talk) 06:18, 7 April 2009 (UTC) Blacwiki[reply]

I've looked over some of the section and have posted my thoughts to the talk page. That can be a place for continued discussion about the article. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 18:09, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Skoda Auto page vandalised

Hi Ian, half of the Skoda Wikipedia page has been deleted!!!! please reinstate immediately.

thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skodaindia (talk • contribs) 07:17, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

... and here's who made that half disappear: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C5%A0koda_Auto&oldid=282719694. Ive fixed it and also edited some of the misleading statements added by SkodaIndia. Blacwiki (talk) 08:25, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Overzealous reverting

I'm not a vandal, I just corrected a typo. There were 2 references to the first reference. It looked like this: [1][2][1]. I fixed it by removing the latter reference.

Not vandalism. 75.69.187.159 (talk)

You're right. My mistake. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 02:36, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wonder Girls

Thankyou for protecting the Wonder Girls, IanManka. Nxo (talk) 11:42, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vilma trade

Ian—

The fact that the Saints owed the Jets a third-round pick is based on the fact that Vilma did not sign a contract extension before the end of the 2008 season. Had he done so, they would have owed a second-round pick. In the grand scheme of things, other editors have already gone back and forth on this, and the consensus appears to be that it is an unhelpful detail in the 2009 NFL Draft article. Samer (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first Wikipedian meetup in Ohio

Are you from the Ohio area? A Wikipedian meetup is taking place on July 18, 2009 in Columbus. If you are interested in coming or would like more information, see the first Ohio meetup page.

Thanks! --Rkitko ^(talk) 20:22, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalismo?

Porque eliminas mis ediciones?..., si agrego referencias con fuentes serias, no blog, como los que estaban, si tu no entiendes español o lo entiendes en un nivel basico, que no te hace capaz para interpretar y entender las referencias es tu problema, las fuentes están y son claras.--190.208.86.19 (talk) 19:14, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(Disculpe mis palabras incorrectas) Lo siento, yo interpreté las referencias incorrectamente. Añadiré sus contribuciones a los artículos, y permitiré otros editores fijar los artículos si las contribuciones estarían incorrectos. Evidentemente, yo entiendo español en un nivel basico. Lo siento, y gracias. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 19:33, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, no problem. Greetings--190.208.86.19 (talk) 20:36, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Moyles Quiz Night

This was added to the Overzealous reverting section above, but I moved it to its own topic and added {{unsigned}}. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 05:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC) I was not making innapropriate pages, Chris Moyles Quiz Night is a main stream television show, and creating a page aout this is not innapropriate. Jack —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakprouse26 (talk • contribs) [reply]

Grouped references

Ian—you suggested that it could be modified in several ways relative to the way you first had it. Until I see that, I can't really say for sure. Would it be possible to take, say, two or three rounds from the table, and two or three trades, and do a "mock-up" on your user page? Samer (talk) 03:45, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I really wish you had waited, primarily because I don't think it's obvious enough how it works that the average user will get it right, and there will be THOUSANDS of edits this weekend.

That said, I figure since it does, in general, look like an improvement (although I'd fix some things, such as the unneeded carriage returns), I'll leave it as is, but change that section to "Pre-Draft Trades." That way, people can add the in-draft trades in a style similar to the previous one, and then the whole thing can be fixed by people who understand the nested reference system. Samer (talk) 16:45, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Apologize

Sorry, got a little frustrated because i was never first, i apologize. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brent schneider (talk • contribs)

Trabajo fantastico en el Draft de la NFL

Bien hecho!--Dabackgammonator (talk) 22:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the meetup notice.

Unfortunately, it's caught me at a busy time, and that's a bit of a drive, so I probably won't make it. Robert K S (talk) 02:34, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia should encourage editors to have some command of the language they are editing in

Hi Ian, I think you may be able to reflect on the following comment:
I’ve noticed that the editor 190.208.86.19 is constantly editing pages in English Wikipedia but he doesn’t seem to have even a basic command of the English language. He uses logical deduction in making basic statements, in pasting, changing statistics etc. I’ll give you an example from the page that I started on 4 April 2009: Croatian Chilean: (this is an example he/she seems to be doing this to a number of similar pages)

1. He/she first altered the introduction from "Croatian Chilean are an important" to "Croatian Chilean are a important" etc. which I changed and ultimately rewrote completely.

2. He/she then proceeded to add duplicate entries of people to the Notable Chilean Croats (he obviously didn’t even read them).

3. He/she then pasted sentences from the Punta Arenas, Chile page with altered syntax into the paragraph with the heading: "Punta Arenas City “Croatian” pacific" which was rectified by 71.102.2.206. into the more readable "Punta Arenas, City of the "Croatian" Pacific." I fixed the ruined syntax of part of the paragraph that he pasted and broke up.

4. I rewrote the introduction again and mentioned the Croatian diaspora, he/she probably clicked on this and decided to start to work on the Croatian diaspora page. The original page had links to the corresponding countries constituting the diaspora but he/she pasted the duplicate material on the page. In the process of pasting he/she changed the statistics from the Croatian Chilean page from 500,000 to 700,000, he even placed a reference for it !

In the past this editor has edited my contribution and left them with grammatical errors and ruined the syntax.

I started in good faith, I initially wanted to translate the content on the Spanish page Inmigración croata en Chile into the English one but what for if it is going to be ruined or carelessly pasted somewhere else.

190.208.86.19 knows his html and can format, paste, add references html etc…but he doesn’t understand the language of the page itself.

Is there a Wikipedia policy that encourages a person to at least have a basic understanding of English grammar to edit English wikipedia. To edit pages in English Wikipedia without any basic command of English, in my judgement, is vandalism.
___Cruzville (talk) 18:43, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism in German Argentine

Please, take a look. German Argentine has been vandalized by Chilean IP 190.208.86.19 for a week. He has been vandalizing German Argentine article, German Peruvian and other ones about Peru, while exagerates German Chileans without source (he leaves the source that clearly says there are at most 150,000 German Chileans, but he changes the number). In the case of Argentina, he has been re-editing old sources all the week. He received the last warning (23 April 2009) but he continues even worse. He doesn't know English and edits in a wrong way. He also lied to you about what the sources says in Spanish, because I know Spanish and that is false. Americanlurker (talk) 00:54, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]