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report related??
You have a heading that says "report related stuff". Is it telling people to report stuff that is related? Or does it mean "report-related stuff"? You see how magnificently efficiently a modest little hyphen can disambiguate. Michael Hardy 00:55, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you. r3m0t 07:10, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Moved to User:R3m0t

Humanbot bugs
Hi, I caused some damage via humanbot; it removes/mangles some puntuation, like "+" and dashes. I manually checked my edits and reverted many. Please check out User talk:Humanbot; I'm worried others may unwittingly be mangling pages.

Econrad 02:33, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oops
Oops – I remember doing that one. I did think I had only done one correction, but it would seem that I was wrong... Sorry, and cheers! smoddy 10:11, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know about the update. Well done: Humanbot is great! Keep up the good work.  Cheers, smoddy 09:59, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PlayStation and Xbox
Humanbot seems to want to replace the words "PlayStation" and "Xbox" with exactly the same words (see my contributions for an example).

Also, you mention not to use more than one instance of humanbot in firefox, is it ok to have two, but open in different instances of firefox, as opposed to just different tabs of the same instance? I tried, and it seems to work, but i dont want to screw it up. that way i can double my productivity! p.s. great work - thanks Bluemoose 21:44, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

VfD closing semi-automator
Sounds like a good idea, though I rarely close VfDs -- too many trolls out for my head. RickK 00:01, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

allpages report
See this bug for the allpages report speedup method.Jamesday

SQL query...
I notice you say on the pages related to Humanbot (for which, many kudos) that you're finding duplicates in your SQL queries. You don't give an example, so I'm not 100% sure, but is SELECT DISTINCT ... what you're looking for? If not, could you give some more detail, I might be able to help. Alai 04:30, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Actually, that's outdated info. I don't need to remove duplicates. Thanks anyway. :) r3m0t talk 05:50, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

Just an idea for Humanbot...

 * Moved to User talk:Humanbot

Thank you for your support
Thank you for supporting my candidacy for administrator. Kelly Martin 14:42, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Removal
Hi. I left a message at User_talk:Humanbot because I was just getting an 'update' message when I tried to use the script. You've removed my questions without comment - do you not want anyone else to join this project? Paul Tracy\talk

 * OK thanks. Paul Tracy\talk

General bot question
Hi R3m0t, I'm wondering how easy it is to set up a bot that does specific text substitution. I had the idea of changing the stub sorting system on the Spanish wikipedia, but to do that it would require doing thousands of specific substitutions of text like to  and  to. I have no clue how to write bot programs, but I do know a bit of C++ =). Probably doesn't help one bit.  But if you could, let me know about how easy it would be to do that, and perhaps where I could learn how =). Thanks. --Spangineer (háblame)  15:13, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

 * Very easy. Honest. :) I will be able to run it for you. Just write up a list of substitions and get it signed by many people (say 20) on a Spanish wikipedia page, and I will be able to run it. r3m0t talk 15:44, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC) PS I am quite happy to teach you something about bot-writing if you really want.

 * Cool, thanks alot. I'm talking with them about it now; we'll see how long it takes for people to agree, vote, etc.  And yeah, I think it would be cool to learn something about those bots.  Is there source code somewhere that I could peruse? How high a level of programming language is it done in? --Spangineer  (háblame)  16:32, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

>_>
User talk:Humanbot--Fito 20:25, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Oops
Sorry, didn't know signatures shouldn't have pictures. :) Will change ASAP, thanks! Flcelloguy Give me a note!   Desk  21:44, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC) (I probably should sign this after I've changed my sig, but oh well...)

 * How's this? Flcelloguy| Give me a note! | Desk 21:47, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I've shortened it. Thanks for your input. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:35, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Book Of Esdras
I took the extraordinary liberty of turning this page, which you had marked for speedy deletion, into a disambig page, and in the process removed the speedy notice. Just wanted to give you a heads-up about this. If you think that I did wrong, you or someone is sure to let me know. Smerdis of Tlön 15:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Mind Benders
Hello! I've noticed your past interest in Mind Benders and wanted to share the following announcement with you! I've taken over the responsibilities of Mind Benders, and the page will now be regularly updated. Right now, the pre-round is open (it's more of a creative artistic competition), and round one will open soon (the questions are done, we just need to wait for the pre-round to begin/finish)! So why not check it out? I'll keep you updated! Thanks, Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:29, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Feel free to pass this news on to other Wikipedians.

Most wanted stubs
I know you're good with this kind of stuff, so I was wondering if you could find the time to update Most wanted stubs. I think it would be a good resource for what should be our priorities. Thanks for your help. --Dmcdevit 07:51, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hot
It doesn't get any hotter than annoyance. Mike Halterman (Talking is hot) 18:34, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

source code for linkbot, wiki syntax project, missing redirects now online
Source code for Wiki Syntax project, missing redirects, and LinkBot is now available. May or may not be of use to you (you have Wiki Syntax project & missing redirects listed as possible projects on your user page). Also you do the phpmediawikibot, so this may or may not contain anything that's useful for that. The code is a bit of a mess, sorry! (had been meaning to clean it up, but work has been nuts, so I figured better to release it as a bit of a mess than to not release it at all). All the best, Nickj (t) 02:33, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
Hello. I note that you are correcting the spelling of colouration to coloration. I noticed it at the New Zealand Bellbird article. Here in New Zealand both versions are acceptable. Alan Liefting 28 June 2005 11:37 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 1 July 2005 15:27 (UTC)

wpvfdhide?
Someone just pointed me to your script for wpvfdhide. Where would a rookie like me go to find out more about scripts - specifically, the instructions for how to save and activate this script? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 4 July 2005 04:59 (UTC)
 * Would I be correct in saying that this script only works with the default skin (Monobook)? I tried flipping to a couple of other skins and couldn't see the link anymore.  Rossami (talk) 4 July 2005 08:32 (UTC)
 * I added a wildcard (*) after the "Votes for deletion" in the applicable pages. I assume from the Greasemonkey write-up that was a required step.  Is that correct?  Rossami (talk)

Year zero
Thanks for having moved properly this article. But the talk page is always buggy by a redirect. By trying move, you get:

''The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid. Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask an administrator to help you with the move. Alternatively, post a request at the Administrators' noticeboard.''

Do you know a solution? Help me, please. --John H. Victor 5 July 2005 20:04 (UTC)

Not any more. Problem is fixed. Thanks however. Have a good day.

Any help?
Hey there, you've got quite a reputation for being a technical computing whiz. Just wondering if I could ask you for some help. The software update broke my transwiki bot, and boy the backlog is growing again. I don't know anything about bot making, nor do I have the code, (it was made by someone else for me, as an executable). So it'll have to be made from scratch. If you're interested, there's a detailed description at WikiProject help desk/20050702 Dmcdevit (oh yeah, and you might want to think about joining that new WikiProject). Thanks. --Dmcdevit July 6, 2005 19:49 (UTC)
 * Never mind, this has been taken care of, thanks for your quick response :) --Dmcdevit July 8, 2005 08:05 (UTC)

Quick question for ya
On the talk page delete page, you give instructions on how to delete the pages but then you say you are using speedybot to put a db tag on each page. Is it ok to just delete the pages if they are shown to link to nothing or would you rather that I just put the db tag on? I'm new to this admin thing and I don't want to mess up :) Thanks. --Woohookitty 6 July 2005 23:04 (UTC)

 * I suggest you do not work on it. At first I was deleting the pages myself, then I realised it would be faster if they just go into the speedy deletion category. You can help me add the db tags because I'm actually just logging into that account and using humanbot. Catch me on IRC for the password and instructions. r3m0t talk July 7, 2005 08:41 (UTC)

Orphaned talk pages
I have a question about this project. I think we still have quite a few (very) old VfD discussions that are archived in talk pages. The admins were instructed at some point to either not delete the talk page or move it to a subpage (eg, "Talk:Article/deletion"). Has this been taken care of to ensure that orphaned talk pages with VfD discussions or orphaned talk page subpages with discussions on them will not be deleted? See for example Talk:Md. Ahiduzzaman Liton which was deleted, but the orphaned talk page remains for good reason. You may want to take a look at Wikipedia talk:Archived delete debates to see the old debate on keeping the talk pages. This may or may not have been the procedure for templates, categories, etc.; I don't know about that. --Dmcdevit July 8, 2005 08:15 (UTC)

Need for a bot
There is a page in wikitionary that includes requests for articles, when the articles (defitions) are created, the links turn blue, and can be deleted because they are "live". I think it would be a good idea to have a bot that does that automatically. However, I don't know how to program, nor do I know who to ask. |Here is the page.--whicky1978 00:30, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

COTW vs. Improvement Drive
I am just wondering what makes you discriminate the Improvement Drive vs. the COTW? The projects are pretty much identical.--Fenice 17:27, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You mean Template locations. I accidentally put my vote in the wrong section, as the comment "Not useful for readers" suggests. r3m0t talk 17:30, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Mind Benders
Hello! I've noticed your past interest in Mind Benders and wanted to let you know that round one is now officially open! Consisting of ten challenging, puzzling questions, it is sure to be tons of WikiFun! In addition, take a look at all 9 of our great artistic entries and vote for one of them! Hope to see you there! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Menudo members
Dear R3: Hello! I want to thank you for your comment on my proposal. Any comments are welcome, and I like hearing the opinions of others, after all, thats why I put the page on proposal.

But, talking of opinions, most of us here dont know the Menudos is actually an opinion, not a fact. Menudo sold more that 20 million albums in Europe, the Latin American countries, Asia and the United States, where they even had a television show, just as in Puerto Rico their home country. While certainly not a phenomenom as huge like my favorite all time group, (four certain guys from Liverpool that called themselves The Beatles), there was even a time when music critics compared them to that group, coining the term Menudomania, which also became a medicla term for girls who came to the hospital after seeing one of their concerts.

One thing, however. Most people about your age haven't heard from them, but, trust me, in fifteen years, most people that are fifteen probably will not have heard about Green Day or Britney either! It always goes that way. Just today, I learned in a Beatles diary book that they helped popularize a band named Murdock in England during 1969!...Murdock??!!..lol

Anyways, thanks for your imput and God bless you! Best of the day to you!

Sincerely yours, Antonio British Airwaves Martin

Welcome to the Computer help desk
Hi R3m0t, thanks for joining! It was getting lonely there all by myself =) Nice stuff on that Dmcdevit ticket, it seems like you know your way around the Mediawiki internals. Sadly I don't but I'm getting pretty good at coaxing Perl into doing good stuff on the database dumps. Right now the primary limitation on the help desk is getting the word out but once that is accomplished I think the help desk will be a great way to help out. Triddle 01:47, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Glacier proposal
I understand your concern regarding our translation method at Spanish Translation of the Week. I have proposed a solution here. I would appreciate your input in creating a solution. — J3ff 01:40, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

age
are you really 15? i don't mean to sound like an old fogie but man, you need to spend less time on the computer and more time chasing girls.
 * (unsigned 01:10, August 20, 2005 User:Vega007)
 * That's OK. r3m0t talk 19:45, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Table namespace
Hi! I'm leaving this message because you're one of the people who supported (in full or in part) the Table namespace proposal. I've entered a feature request for the first part of this proposal, under Bug 2194. It would help draw some attention if you could enter a Bugzilla vote for it.

This particular feature request only covers three specific things: Any other changes like the dedicated table editor will be brought up at a later date (since this would need to be implemented first, anyway). If you have any comments or concerns you could leave a message on Bugzilla or on the proposal page. — Omegatron 01:07, August 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Set up the software to recognize a distinct Table: namespace
 * 2) Allow inserting tables into articles using the same markup as images:
 * 3) *Simple:
 * 4) *Advanced:
 * 5) All such tables will get an Edit this table (or [ edit ] ?) link associated with them, equivalent to the page that is brought up when you click on an image.

Orphan talk pages
I'm finally winding down with deleting the orphaned talk pages... I just have to go through the Wikipedia namespace pages, then it's all done. Coffee 05:37, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * And... finished! *collapses* I guess it should be removed from Template:Active Wiki Fixup Projects if you don't plan to generate a new report. Coffee 15:03, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Old deletion discussions
Somewhat belated I know, but I note that this issue has been raised before. I have just come across this which is actually the record of a failed VFD nomination. I don't think it should have been deleted, or indeed the other similar pages I suspect suffered the same fate. What's to be done? —Phil | Talk 12:44, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

wpvfdhide: now AfD, not VfD
Since VFD moved to WP:AFD, you just need to change one line in your wpvfdhide script:

if(document.title.indexOf("Wikipedia:Articles for deletion")

I changed it on the WP:TOOLS page for you. -- howcheng  [ talk • contribs • web ] 16:01, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Most common grammar problem
I think I've found the most common grammar problem on Wikipedia: "considered to be" (about 298,000 occurrences). According to any grammar reference (such as ), "Consider to be" should be replaced by just "Consider", or less commonly "Consider as". — BRIAN 0918 • 2005-10-26 07:15

Ido Wikibooks
Hi, this is mithridates, a sysop from the Ido Wikipedia. I left a message on your Wikibooks talk page but then I noticed that your last edit over there was a number of months back and it might be best to leave a note here as well. It was regarding the creation of a Wikibooks in Ido. Regards, Mithridates 23:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Temporary test
Are you still using this? Gazpacho 05:48, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I forgot about that. I deleted all related pages. r3m0t talk 18:29, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Stressbusters
Hi there R3m0t, Im SWD316. I was contacting you over your project called Stressbusters. I was going to suggest merging this project with Esperanza. Esperanza is a similar project that has lots of members already and has a well organized system. I was also going to suggest that members of Esperanza; namely listed under the Stress Unit; join your project and stem-off Esperanza. What do you think? — M o e   ε  03:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Bots...
I am running a wiki or two elsewhere, and have no knowledge of perl or any of these other deadly-sounding languages (I do HTML and some simple PHP but that's it) - as an experienced bot-man, could you perhaps walk me through writing a simple bot and using it? Do I have to host a bot locally or is there a way to install and run one only through PHP (forgive me if I sound stupid). I was thinking of starting with something as simple as deleting every article marked with a {terminate} template (which puts it in a Category:Terminated Articles if that helps or makes it easier) - I was hoping you could help... -- SilverSide (I forgot my login password forever ago and don't want to use another name)

moved conversation
How about being able to plug into a webservice or something like that which then corrects the fixes (and also stores the list)? Indeed, then it would be User:Humanbot! Seriously though, the User:Humanbot script needs a major rewrite and if your program could be a better interface, perhaps integrating them would be the way to go. :) r3m0t talk 10:58, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * (sorry for delayed response) I think it would be difficult to intergrate them, my program would probably work more easily from a list of articles with typos generated from the database, with the spelling correction code built in to the program. While on the subject, are you planning on running Humanbot again soon? Martin 21:18, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * There's no point - a recent Greasemonkey release did good things in general, but broke my script. I could modify it but the interface wouldn't be very good. I seriously think that Humanbot and this could go well together - didn't you know that Humanbot worked with a list of articles on a central server? :) Perhaps the correcting function can be at the client-side, but that isn't always a good idea. Consider, for example, automatically adding links (which requires a lot of data), and... well... maybe that's about it. But I would like it anyway! ;) r3m0t talk 21:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I would be happy to share the source code with you, but I have my doubts if it would be possible to integrate. At the moment the code is pretty messy, I need to clean it up and add some notation, it isnt particularly complicated but I dont think anyone could follow it until I tidy it up. Do you know c#? Martin 22:23, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Maoririder
We've agreed not to block him indefinitely. But thanks for watching out! BCorr | Брайен 00:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Image deletion
"17:24, 18 December 2005 R3m0t deleted "Image:BlueAnchorPasty.jpg" (copyrighted, "non-commercial use only" is not enough!)"

Why not? Sbz5809 10:22, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I really don't know. It seems quite stupid to me, but there it is. See also noncommercial. Of course, if you want to license your image into something even less restrictive, see Image_copyright_tags and Image_copyright_tags. :) r3m0t talk 17:25, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

So my preferred option - that no-one may profit from the image - is not permitted, but another option - that anyone may profit except me - is permitted? That hardly seems a realistic way of encouraging participation. Sbz5809 19:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, you are still allowed to profit from it, whatever license you choose. You have to license it for commercial use (to everybody), and you have to allow people to make derivative works - which can be licensed similarly. I'm afraid I can't really change that. r3m0t talk 21:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to keep going on about this, but while I'm actually attempting to help out here by providing Wikipedia with a no-cost image, I'm not prepared to arbitrarily give up all rights to anything I upload, particularly when that includes allowing anyone else to profit financially from something which I must donate. It says here "This image is copyrighted. The copyright holder allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that /insert conditions here, excepting non-commercial, etc/", which might be an acceptable compromise, but this is not an option on the image upload page, and I find nothing on the labyrinthine "help" pages to elaborate. Are you able to indicate where I might look?

Incidentally, it's acknowledged here that "It is harder to create decent images than decent text", but then Wikipedia attempts to deny protection for anyone who has taken the time and trouble to produce an image. I find this to be extremely irrational. On top of that, the message on what should be the image page implies that I misrepresented the copyright status of the image, and it was summarily deleted without me being informed. Hell of a way to run a railroad. Sbz5809 08:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * while I'm actually attempting to help out here by providing Wikipedia with a no-cost image, I'm not prepared to arbitrarily give up all rights to anything I upload, particularly when that includes allowing anyone else to profit financially from something which I must donate - perhaps you could consider uploading a scaled-down version of the image (under one of the licenses allowed) and keeping the full version to yourself, if you do not want to license it?
 * The scale is not the issue - in fact, this particular image is not the issue. What concerns me is that if I were to expend significant time and effort creating, say, a detailed image to describe a complex mechanical system, which I then uploaded to Wikipedia, I would be required to donate it free of charge (and give up all rights to it), while permitting anyone else to use it for any (including commercial) purposes. Sbz5809 12:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It says here "This image is copyrighted. The copyright holder allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that /insert conditions here, excepting non-commercial, etc/" Well, if you write that is basically  and if you add on any of the clauses "non-commercial use only", "no derivatives are allowed" you are adding  and , none of which are allowed.
 * Yes, that's my point - I must give up all rights to anything I upload. Sbz5809 12:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * On top of that, the message on what should be the image page implies that I misrepresented the copyright status of the image, and it was summarily deleted without me being informed. Firstly, the message merely noted that the license you had given was non-commercial ...
 * No, the message (now missing, with no history) implied that I had misrepresented the copyright status. Sbz5809 12:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * ... and that therefore, if the image was uploaded after May 19 when the new policy was put in place, it would be deleted immediately. With people making derivative works of Wikipedia all the time, we have to be careful that all our material is under the GFDL or a compatible license.
 * If a third party makes a copy of something, surely it should be their responsibility to ensure that they comply with whatever copyright restrictions are in place, rather than for Wikipedia to disallow any copyright at all. Sbz5809 12:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Secondly, I will be sure in future to inform the image creator when an image is deleted to provide them with an opportunity to re-upload the image.
 * Hell of a way to run a railroad. Sad to say that while in general things tick along nicely, Wikipedia does have its problems and glitches, and copyright paranoia is one of them. r3m0t talk 12:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I fail to see why paranoia comes into it. The image in question is mine; I explicitly gave permission for its use on Wikipedia. If I, personally, gave you, personally, a portrait that I had painted, would you refuse the gift simply because I specified that you were not permitted to sell copies? Sbz5809 12:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Sauce Money
Hi, I noticed you seem to have deleted this. Was there a reason? Considering that Sauce Money has won a grammy I think we need an article on him. Also I don't understand why you speedy tagged WANR (AM). Thanks. -- JJay 02:21, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The original article does not mention that they won a grammy, merely that they were "legendary". I think the original contains no useful content. I don't see why a radio station is considered notable (the article does not assert notability), but I will AFD it instead. r3m0t talk 02:28, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. Sauce Money is not a they- it's a rapper. The article aserted notability once it mentioned Jay Z. Please restore it and I'll clean it up. Nominating the radio station is a mistake in my view. -- JJay 02:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Humanbot
I know this is elsewhere but I dont know if youve seen it or not, but Humanbot isn't working. The box on the left isn't ther even after Greasemonkey. If you put this answer somewhere else then sorry but I havent seen it. American Patriot 1776 05:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Ahem!
Uncle G 01:00, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

 * That script didn't make the page! Ah well. r3m0t talk 01:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey about my image.
Hey i got your message i dont think my image should be deleted personally. I think i think my image shows a general NPOV of where Spanish is spoke. That is why i put Brazil in some other people dont agree with me I have some who do but it image on the page keeps being reverted so instead. Please do not delete my image for this reason and i would like your support to put it back on the page. Thanks (XGustaX 19:38, 1 January 2006 (UTC))

 * I have nothing to do with it. Somebody marked it for speedy deletion and I noticed it wasn't eligible, so I moved it to its proper place - images for deletion. r3m0t talk 20:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

So what can i do to stop it? (XGustaX 00:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC))

 * Try commenting at WP:IFD, saying that you think the image is accurate, etc. Also respond to objections at Image_talk:Spanish_Speaking_Map.PNG - people say that the USA doesn't qualify. Ideally, you should show that you used a strict criteria (e.g. 10%+ Spanish speakers) combined with a reliable source such as the CIA Factbook to make the map. r3m0t talk 00:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Hold (grappling)
Hi, the db-author tag was put in Hold (grappling) because its sole editor (who is new here) did not enter the deletion notice under the Redirects for deletion page. Shawnc 05:20, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Speedy keep on Paul Crowley?
You can't go to sleep around here. How come that was a speedy keep? — ciphergoth 11:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I am never asleep. Ask User:Brian0918, who removed the AFD notice "to save everyone some time". I mentioned in #wikipedia that I was bumping from speedy to afd to follow process, even though the person was clearly notable, and he said "process wastes time" - which is pretty true in this case. :) r3m0t talk 15:00, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Could you help me understand why they are clearly notable? Thanks! — ciphergoth 13:05, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Justin Smith
Good save on that entry; I forgot to check the history before I db-bio'd it. Thanks, Ohnoitsjamie 23:03, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Deletion tool
Frankly, I'm not sure I understand how this thing works. Thought it was automatic...no matter. Taking a loooong break. I'm deleting more than I'm adding and I'm driving myself nuts. It's worse now that people have to register; this site is becoming a playground for one-time users, not to mention idiots like Willy on Wheels and that clown who keeps hammering on Curps. See you 'round. - Lucky 6.9 07:11, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ha! Missed your instructions on my talk page. I'll use it better when I get back. Best, Lucky 6.9 via 71.102.89.240 08:21, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

delaid feature request
Love the script. Really. However, I think a few things might make it even better. One would be have an optional edit summary box. A second would be to have an optional "don't return to CAT:CSD" key or something. Perhaps if you have ALT-CLICK the speedy criterion it would bring up a dialog box for the edit summary (with the default value being whatever you were going to put in there anyway). Likewise, SHIFT-CLICK would not return to you to CAT:CSD (helpful when doing RC patrol). ALT-SHIFT-CLICK would then do both. My Javascript is a bit rusty (and I'm doing this code from an old version of The Javascript Bible), but I think it can work something like this:

function DelAidDo(msg, evt) {   if (evt) // Netscape handling {      if (evt.modifiers & Event.ALT_MASK) // do stuff if (evt.modifiers & Event.SHIFT_MASK) // do stuff }   else if (event) // IE handling -- event is a global variable {      if (event.shiftKey) // do stuff if (event.ctrlKey) // do stuff } }

Anyway, think about it. Regards,  howch e  ng   {chat} 16:55, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I implemented a modifier key (alt). User talk:R3m0t/delaid.js. r3m0t talk 15:05, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi R3m0t!
I just wanted to let you know, in case you haven't noticed that the guy whose vanity page you just deleted (tagged for speedy by me) has just vandalized your user page. I'm adding your user page to my watchlist just in case he insists. Let me know if I can be of further assitence to you, Cheers, --  Phædriel  22:39, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

speedy deletion
Ah I see, I've been away for quite a while and I was not aware of these templates, thanks for pointing that out. Gryffindor 02:20, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio problem and delation of talk page???
I am one of editor of article ShixxNOTE LAN Messenger This talk page did not violate any copyright lows, it is original discussion - so why it is deleted??? Dear admins, 1st, when original copyowner of one program want to put text on web page, like, and it is about program that in google is described on  1,160 pages, it means it is valuable something. When someone delete talk page of article, on whom it is asked for reason - that is in general a problem. page  was for sure not original source of info for deleted page - because similar info could be foun on more than 1000 pages on the net. The text you deleted with reason of copivio was make from scratch based on original program page - and instead of deleting talk page, what is in fact vanity, admins should give reason and found out who have copyright. If for instance, original author of the program give rights to wikipedia to base text on press releases, you should explain the procedure, not speed delate talk page. IMHO. --Shixx 13:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Deletes
Thanks for deleting those subpages for me. Jokermage "Timor Mentum Occidit" 17:56, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Max Beesley
I created a new version in the temporary sub-page section of the copyright violation notice on this page. I noticed that you were the one that put the copyvio notice in place. I though you would be the one to inform so that the temp page can replace the copyvio notice. I hope this clears the problems up. :-) (Stephen Day 15:20, 7 January 2006 (UTC))

 * Stupidly, I think we need to wait 7 days. Then, somebody more used to dealing with WP:CP will make the move. r3m0t talk 01:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

 * That does seem a little long to me. Oh well, at least I know it will eventually happen. :-) (Stephen Day 02:34, 8 January 2006 (UTC))

Image:Over-Issaquah.jpg
Thanks, I didnt notice that :) --Admrboltz (T | C) 00:52, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daily Collections + others
Per my usual practice, I'm poking you with a sick regarding quality of nominations. It's always better to provide some evidence that you've done your homework for a couple of reasons: 1) Other people don't have to, and 2)it tends to damp down on claims "seems notable" that don't WP:CITE. - brenneman (t) (c)  07:48, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * And again. How are you determining that these are not notable?  If you're just geussing, that's bad, and if you're not, it's not that hard to provide the evidence.  Please. -  brenneman (t) (c)  00:51, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Bot help?
Could you take a look at this: Bot_requests? Thanks. Dmcdevit·t 23:22, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Speedy delete update
Thanks much for the heads-up regarding the "speedy-bot." I plan on updating my monobook the moment I come on back to regular status. I just swung by to answer an inquiry on the admin's noticeboard and I caught your message. Actually, I saw it the other day but I didn't have time to answer. Got the new message notice when I logged in. Anyway, feel free to drop me an e-mail sometime and let me know what's going on in the world of Wikipedia anti-vandalism. :) - Lucky 6.9 07:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Magic Kingdom (band)
Hi R3m0t. I just changed the google link in your nomination. Would you please check that it points to the search you meant to reference? Thanks. ×Meegs 22:27, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Monobook speedy bot
Sorry. I just don't understand how that thing works. I hit "delete," the null notice pops up and boom! It deletes the article and skips to the "requests for speedy deletion" page. I enjoy thwarting vandals, or at least I used to. Roughly one in five new edits coming in are just garbage of the type I outlined on my user page for now. I believe in quality over quantity, so I don't write as often as I used to, hence my frustration.

Until I figure out a better way to spend my time here, I'm just going to lay low. Right now, I'm just tired of trying to help and geting in over my head. Lucky 6.9 via 67.53.212.40 22:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

User:White Cat/monobook.js
Thanks for that is it possible to a instead of how it apears now? :) Also I am not whitelisted :P -- Cool CatTalk 15:43, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Monobook, part II
Sonofagun, it works. :)) That's one good way to reduce the stress level. Thanks for all of your help and patience! Still laying low for now, but those tools (and instructions!) will be a big help down the road. - Lucky 6.9 00:51, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Reposting Deleted Material
Wanna sue me? Get in line. The community is run by a group of Fascist dicks. So long as articles can be reposted--they will be. If you have a problem with it--change the Wikipedia structure. I believe in this article enough to fight for it. Hater. Katherinejohnson 10:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm here for the long run... whether you like it or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Katherinejohnson (talk • contribs) 19:45, January 18, 2006

 * Not if you keep calling people fascists and dicks. You're free to edit here, but Civility is a non-negotiable rule. Rhobite 21:38, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Article Removed
Why was the article on the artist/poet Steven L. Sles deleted????? All information was actual and with permission.

According to a search through the deletion log, "22:09, 11 January 2006 R3m0t deleted "Kawesch" (A7 || Deletion aided with delaid)". Just wondering why, because I was looking for this article.

Thanks, Reuvenk 06:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The article did not explain why its subject was notable, and therefore falls under Criteria for speedy deletion. The content, however, was:

Kawesch is a last name of a family that traces its roots in the United States to Irving and Ethel Kawesch, who lived in the Bronx New York from the 1920s to the 1960s. In the mid-1960s, Irving and Ethel moved to Monsey New York, where they died in 1973 and 1974.

Irving and Ethel had two sons - Arthur, born in 1932, and Ronald, born in about 1934. Arthur married Helga Lichtenstein in 1955. As of 2005, Arthur and Helga live in Dix Hills, New York, near Huntington New York on Long Island. Arthur and Helga in turn have two children, Janet Winterstein (of Old Bethpage NY), born in August 1957, and Lance Kawesch (of Brookline, Massachusetts), born in September 1960. Janet and her husband, Robert Winterstein, married in in Huntington NY in November 1978 and have three children: sons Michael Sampson Winterstein, born August 1979, Paul Winterstein, born December 1980, and Brett Winterstein, born April 1982. Lance Kawesch and his wife, Emily Stein, married in Shoresh Israel (about 10 kilometers west of Jerusalem Israel) in July 1985 and also have three children: sons Reuven Yehuda Kawesch, born July 1988, Natan Eliezer Kawesch, born June 1991, and Elan Yitzhak Kawesch, born May 1996.

Ronald is married to Sunny Kawesch. Ronald and Sunny also have three children - sons Glenn, Gary and Neil. Ronald and Sunny lived in Spring Valley, New York. Ronald taught high school math. As of 2005, Glenn, Gary and Neil live in California.

This article was written in September 2005 by Lance A. Kawesch ({telephone removed} and {e-mail removed).

 * Yours, r3m0t talk 11:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Proposed_deletion
...would be interested in your feedback. Barring significant opposition, it's going for a test run soon. Radiant_ >|< 18:42, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

User:Pilotguy
This user was blocked indefinately for vandalism accidentaly by Curps. He is not a bad user so you may want to adjust your ppl scrit :) -- Cool CatTalk 03:26, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

PPL script
Is it posible for me to see the source of this. :) I want to make few modifications to the visuals :P -- Cool CatTalk 14:05, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

 * User:R3m0t/pplmark.js and User:R3m0t/pplmark.data.js. r3m0t talk 17:58, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Yo!
Are you with us? Please answer yes even if you have to lie :P -- Cool CatTalk 15:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

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Script
Thanks, I'll give it a try, I haven't really bothered getting any admin scripts, but I guess they could be useful. - O bli (Talk) ? 13:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Humanbot
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Edit summary script
Hey, how do you do those semi-automatic edit summaries like "«blank: -(583 words)»"? --maru  (talk)  contribs 22:37, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

 * No idea.
 * Just kidding! Check out User:Quarl/monobook.js. An amazing group of scripts. r3m0t talk 16:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

 * That page frightens me! Still, I shall try the time-honored design pattern of voodo programming, and past that into my cologneblue.js... when I dare. --maru  (talk)  contribs 22:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned talk pages
Hi, any chance you could generate another list of orphaned talk pages? I'm in the mood for a lot of mundane admin work to put my brain in standby mode. Or perhaps you could give me the source code, and I could figure out how to generate a list? :) Coffee 04:02, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello, I just created the report and it's at User:R3m0t/Reports. I didn't realise until some time that most of my results were archive pages (in fact, I just checked and there are exactly half) but I'm not about to paste everything in again. Please organise and publicise however you like. r3m0t talk 21:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Cool, thanks! Coffee 02:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Switch from speedy to proposed deletion on Historical comparison of economy cars 2006
Maybe I didn't make it clear enough in the speedy template. The article Historical comparison of economy cars 2006 was just copied and pasted from Comparison of economical cars after I put the latter up for AfD. If you look at the history of Comparison of economical cars (which was edited to just a redirect) you can see it. I think this meets the speedy criteria. It may not yet be a recreation of a deleted article, but unless/until the original is deleted, it's a duplicate of an existing article. I don't think the author is intentionally "dodging" a delete, since he expressed the intention to move the article on the AfD entry, but in that case, the new page should be deleted so that the old page can be properly moved there. AKADriver 14:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

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Removed PROD tag from Newtown High School (New York City)
Hi. You tagged Newtown High School (New York City) with a PROD tag, however I think that current thought on AfD is that high schools are notable enough to be kept. I have therefore removed the PROD tag. Please feel free to add Newtown High School (New York City) to AfD if you wish. DarthVad e r 03:07, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Wal-Mart
FYI, Just noticed despite your discussion, contributions section deleted by other editor.--Beth Wellington 00:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

 * My early discussion was perhaps a bit rash. Having read the actual section, and noted that includes charitable contributions which come from employees and consumers, it is not any use for a sane person. Or an encyclopaedia article. r3m0t talk 06:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available
 After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:59, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

CAT:CSD
A discussion on the use of headers for the page Category:Candidates for speedy deletion is currently being discussed at Category_talk:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion. Your input would be welcome. — xaosflux  Talk  01:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

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The Semester
I noticed you were the admin that deletion this article last, is there anyway thios can be salted? The author has created this article at least 3 times today already. Wildthing61476 19:18, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Profound Intent
Any chance of speedying the other articles too please? Still Profound (EP) and Let's Get Krunk. I did prod them as I wasn't sure if they could be speedied. Thanks. One Night In Hackney 303  22:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

XL magazine
Please do not remove the speedy delete template. The article does not assert the notability of this publication and the site is little more than a link to the commercial subscription website. Joie de Vivre 22:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Regardless, it doesn't read like an advertisement (reads objectively). If you think it's not notable, put it on prod. r3m0t talk 22:59, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

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HumanBot and other scripts
I have recently tried to install Humanbot and WP mark,but was on able to use them. I am running firefox version 2.0.0.6 and have GreaseMonkey installed properly. It says that they are installed, but they are not running. I you have a second could you please help. Great Tools. Yamaka122 ... <font color="#FFFFFF">:) 11:09, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Both of those scripts broke when Gresemonkey changed their security model. Sorry. And by the way, Humanbot only works when I build up a project for everybody to do. There are no active projects. r3m0t talk 00:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

delaid
Hi, is delaid User:R3m0t/delaid.js working with the new changes to the deletion page? Just seeing if it is only me or that. Super useful script by the way. - cohesion 03:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Works for me in monobook. r3m0t talk 00:20, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Ryan Geiss article
I'm planning to add an article for Ryan Geiss and noticed you'd deleted the old one -- was it because of the article's quality, or a disputes over his notability (which I'm happy to defend)?
 * Agree! The "Geiss" screensaver and Winamp plugin are quite famous — at least among many digital audio enthusiasts.  I was just about to add the article myself, and also noticed the previous deletion.  --LesPaul75 (talk) 00:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

User:R3m0t/Reports
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Lutton
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User talk:Edhemphill

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text: User talk:68.88.79.185

title: User talk:68.88.79.185


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East Riding

East Riding may refer to:

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 * East Riding of County Cork, Ireland
 * East Riding of County Galway, Ireland

title: East Riding


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Sorbus aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan (, also ) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different definitions of the species to include or exclude trees native to certain areas. A recent definition includes trees native to most of Europe and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from Madeira, the British Isles and Iceland to Russia and northern China. Unlike many plants with similar distributions, it is not native to Japan.

The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet. It blossoms from May to June in dense corymbs of small yellowish white flowers and develops small red pomes as fruit that ripen from August to October and are eaten by many bird species. The plant is undemanding and frost hardy and colonizes disrupted and inaccessible places as a short-lived pioneer species.

The fruit and foliage have been used in the creation of dishes and beverages, as a folk medicine, and as fodder for livestock. Its tough and flexible wood has traditionally been used for woodworking. It is planted to fortify soil in mountain regions or as an ornamental tree and has several cultivars.

Description
Sorbus aucuparia is a small tree or shrub that grows up to between about 5 and 15 m in height. The crown is loose and roundish or irregularly shaped but wide and the plant often grows multiple trunks. A trunk is slender and cylindrical and reaches up to 40 cm in diameter, and the branches stick out and are slanted upwards. The bark of a young plant is yellowish gray and gleaming and becomes gray-black with lengthwise cracks in advanced age; it descales in small flakes. Lenticels in the bark are elongated and colored a bright ocher. The plant does not often grow older than 80 years and is one of the shortest-lived trees in temperate climate. The wood has a wide reddish white sapwood and a light brown to reddish brown heartwood. It is diffuse-porous, flexible, elastic, and tough, but not durable, with a density of 600 to 700 kg/m3 in a dried state. The roots grow wide and deep, and the plant is capable of root sprouting and can regenerate after coppicing.

The compound leaves are pinnate with 4 to 9 pairs of leaflets on either side of a terete central vein and with a terminal leaflet. The leaves are up to 20 cm long, 8 to 12 cm wide. They have paired leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole, and are arranged alternately along a branch, distinguishing them from those of ash, Fraxinus excelsior, which are opposite and without stipules. The leaflets are elongated-lanceolate in shape, 2 to 6 cm long, and 1 to 2.5 cm wide with a sharply serrated edge, and have short stems or sit close to the central vein except for the outermost leaflet. Leaflets are covered in gray-silvery hairs after sprouting but become mostly bare after they unfold. Their upper side is dark green and their underside is a grayish green and felted. Young leaflets smell like marzipan when brayed. The leaflets are asymmetrical at the bottom. The foliage grows in May and turns yellow in autumn or a dark red in dry locations.

The buds are often longer than 1 cm and have flossy to felted hairs. These hairs, which disappear over time, cover dark brown to black bud scales. The terminal buds are oval and pointed and larger than axillary buds, which are narrow, oval and pointed, close to the twig, and often curved towards it.

The species is monoecious. It reaches maturity at age 10 and carries ample fruit almost every year. The plant flowers from May to June (on occasion again in September) in many yellowish white corymbs that contain about 250 flowers. The corymbs are large, upright, and bulging. The flowers are between 8 and 10 mm in diameter and have five small, yellowish green, and triangular sepals that are covered in hairs or bare. The five round or oval petals are yellowish white and the flower has up to 25 stamens fused with the corolla to form a hypanthium and an ovary with two to five styles; the style is fused with the receptacle. The flowers have an unpleasant trimethylamine smell. Their nectar is high in fructose and glucose.

Its berries are round pomes between 8 and 10 mm in diameter that ripen from August to October. The fruit are green before they ripen and then typically turn to orange or scarlet in color. The sepals persist as a black, five-pointed star on the ripe fruit. A corymb carries 80 to 100 pomes. A pome contains a star-shaped ovary with two to five locules each containing one or two flat, narrow, and pointed reddish seeds. The flesh of the fruit contains carotenoids, citric acid, malic acid, parasorbic acid, pectin, provitamin A, sorbitol, tannin, and vitamin C. The seeds contain glycoside.

The species has a chromosome number of 2n=34.

Fossil record
Fossils of Sorbus aucuparia have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.

Names
The binomial name Sorbus aucuparia is composed of the Latin words sorbus for service tree and aucuparia, which derives from the words avis for "bird" and capere for "catching" and describes the use of the fruit of S. aucuparia as bait for fowling. The plant is commonly known as rowan and mountain-ash, and has also been called Amur mountain-ash, European mountain-ash, quick beam, quickbeam, or rowan-berry. The names rowan and mountain ash may be applied to other species in Sorbus subgenus Sorbus, and mountain ash may be used for several other distantly related trees. The species is not closely related to either the true ash trees (genus Fraxinus), which also carry pinnate leaves, or the species Eucalyptus regnans, also called mountain ash, native to Tasmania and Victoria in southeastern Australia.

The common name mountain ash dates from the 16th century. It was first used by John Gerard in 1597, translating it directly from the then botanists' Latin Montana fraxinus

S. aucuparia was previously categorized as Pyrus aucuparia.

Sorbus aucuparia L. belongs to Carl Linnaeus.

Distribution and habitat

Sorbus aucuparia is found in five subspecies:
 * Sorbus aucuparia subsp. aucuparia: found in most of the species' range, less in the South
 * Sorbus aucuparia subsp. fenenkiana (Georgiev & Stoj.): has thin, sparsely hairy leaflets and depressed-globose fruit, restricted to Bulgaria
 * Sorbus aucuparia subsp. glabrata (Wimm. & Grab.): less hairy, found in Northern Europe and Central European mountains
 * Sorbus aucuparia subsp. praemorsa (Guss.): has hairy leaflets and ovoid fruit, found in Southern Italy, Sicily, and Corsica
 * Sorbus aucuparia subsp. sibirica (Hedl.): nearly hairless, found in North Eastern Russia

It can be found in almost all of Europe and the Caucasus up to Northern Russia and Siberia, but it is not native to Southern Spain, Southern Greece, Sardinia, the Balearic Islands, the Azores, and the Faroe Islands. The species was introduced as an ornamental species in North America. It is widespread from plains to mountains up to the tree line where it grows as the only deciduous tree species among krummholz. In the Alps it grows at elevations of up to 2,000 m. S. aucuparia appears north of the boreal forest at the arctic tree line; in Norway, it is found up to the 71st parallel north. It has naturalized in America from Washington to Alaska and eastward in Canada and the northeast of the US very successfully.

S. aucuparia is an undemanding species and can withstand shade. It is frost hardy and can tolerate winter dryness and a brief growing season. The plant is also resistant to air pollution, wind, and snow pressure. It mostly grows on soil that is moderately dry to moderately damp, acidic, low on nutrients, sandy, and loose. It often grows in stony soil or clay soil, but also sandy soil or wet peat. The plant grows best on fresh, loose, and fertile soil, prefers average humidity, and does not tolerate saline soil or waterlogging. It can be found in light woodland of all kinds and as a pioneer species over fallen dead trees or in clearcuttings, and at the edge of forests or at the sides of roads. The seeds germinate easily, so the plant may appear on inaccessible rock, ruins, branch forks, or on hollow trees.

The tallest S. aucuparia in the United Kingdom stands in the Chiltern Hills in South East England. This exceptional specimen is 28 m tall and has a trunk diameter of 56 cm. In Germany, an unusually large specimen is located near Wendisch Waren, a village in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This tree stands at more than 15 m tall, is around 100 years old, and has a diameter of 70 cm. The tallest known specimen in Ireland is an 18 m tall specimen at Glenstal Abbey, County Limerick.

Ecology

The species is pollinated by bees and flies. Its seeds are not digested by birds and are thus propagated by being passed intact in their droppings. The fruit are eaten by about 60 bird species and several mammals. They are liked particularly by thrushes and other songbirds, and are also eaten by cloven-hoofed game, red fox, European badger, dormouse, and squirrel. The fruit are eaten by migratory birds in winter, including Bohemian waxwing, spotted nutcracker, and redwing. Cloven-hoofed game also excessively browse foliage and bark. The plant roots can be found in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal and less commonly with ectomycorrhizal fungi.

It is usually later superseded by larger forest trees. In Central Europe it often grows in association with red elderberry, goat willow, Eurasian aspen, and silver birch. The plant is highly flammable and tends not to accumulate plant litter.

Other species of the genus Sorbus easily hybridize with S. aucuparia and hybrid speciation can result; hybrids include Sorbus × hybrida, a small tree with oval serrated leaves and 2 to 3 pairs of leaflets, which is a hybrid with Sorbus × intermedia, and S. thuringiaca, a medium-size tree with elongated leaves and 1 to 3 pairs of leaflets that are sometimes fused at the central vein, which is a hybrid with S. aria.

The main pests for S. aucuparia are the apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella and the mountain-ash sawfly Hoplocampa alpina. The rust fungus Gymnosporangium cornutum produces leaf galls. The leaves are not palatable to insects, but are used by insect larvae, including by the moth Venusia cambrica, the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella, and leaf miners of the genus Stigmella. The snail Cornu aspersum feeds on the leaves. The plant can suffer from fire blight.

Culinary
The fruit of S. aucuparia were used in the past to lure and catch birds. To humans, the fruit are bitter, astringent, laxative, diuretic and a cholagogue. They have vitamin C, so they prevent scurvy, but the parasorbic acid irritates the gastric mucosa. Pharmacist Mannfried Pahlow wrote that he doubted the toxicity of the fruit but advised against consuming large amounts. The fruit contain sorbitol, which can be used as a sugar substitute by diabetics, but its production is no longer relevant. Sorbus aucuparia fruits have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally (as tea, syrup, jelly or liqueur) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, fever, infections, colds, flu, rheumatism and gout.

Fresh fruit are usually not tasty, but they can be debittered and made into compote, jelly, jam, a tangy syrup, a tart chutney, or juice, as well as wine and liqueur, or used for tea or to make flour. Fruit are served as a side dish to lamb or game. Debittering can be accomplished by freezing, cooking, or drying, which degrades the parasorbic acid. The fruit are red colored in August but usually only harvested in October after the first frost by cutting the corymbs. The robust qualities of S. aucuparia make it a source for fruit in harsh mountain climate and Maria Theresa, ruler of the Habsburg monarchy, recommended the planting of the species in 1779. The oldest Finnish candy still commercially produced, Pihlaja, is named after and originally contained rowanberries.

A more palatable variety, named Sorbus aucuparia var. dulcis Kraetzl, or var. edulis Dieck, or var. moravica Dippel, was first discovered in 1810 near Ostružná in the Hrubý Jeseník mountain range of Northern Moravia and became widespread in Germany and Austria the early 20th century. Its leaves are larger and pointed, only the front part of the leaflets is serrated, and they have darker bark, larger buds and larger fruit. Similar non-bitter varieties found in Southern Russia were first introduced in Central Europe in 1900 as 'Rossica' and 'Rossica Major', which has large fruit up to 1.5 cm in diameter.

Two widespread cultivars of the Moravian variety are 'Konzentra' and 'Rosina', which were selected beginning in 1946 by the Institut für Gartenbau Dresden-Pillnitz, an agricultural research institute in Saxony, from 75 specimens found mostly in the Ore Mountains, and made available in 1954. Fruit of the more widely used 'Konzentra' are small to medium-sized, mildly aromatic and tart, easier to transport because of their thicker peel, and used for juicing, while fruit of 'Rosina' are larger, sweet and tart, and aromatic, and candied or used in compote. The two cultivars are self-pollinating, yield fruit early, and the sugar content increases while the acid content decreases as the fruit ripen. 'Beissneri' is a cultivar with reddish foliage and bark and serrated leaves. Other edible varieties originate in and are named after Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria.

Russian botanist Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin began in 1905 to crossbreed common S. aucuparia with other species to create fruit trees. His experiments resulted in the cultivars 'Burka', 'Likjornaja', 'Dessertnaja', 'Granatnaja', 'Rubinovaja', and 'Titan'. Other S. aucuparia hybrids planted in Western Europe beginning in the 1980s include 'Apricot Queen', 'Brilliant Yellow', 'Chamois Glow', 'Pink Queen', and 'Salmon Queen'.

The leaves were fermented with leaves of sweet gale and oak bark to create herb beer. Fruits are eaten as a mash in small amounts against lack of appetite or an upset stomach and stimulate production of gastric acid. In folk medicine they are used as a laxative, against rheumatism and kidney disease, and as a gargled juice against hoarseness.

Timber

The wood is used for cartwright's work, turner's work, and woodcarving. Wood can be used from trees as young as 20 years. The sapwood is golden and white, while the heart-wood is brown. In almost treeless regions it is used as firewood. The leaves are sometimes used as fodder for livestock while the fruit are used against erysipeloid infections in domestic pigs and goats. Bark of the plant was used to dye wool brown or red. Honey from the flowers is strongly aromatic and has a reddish color.

The species is planted in mountain ranges to fortify landslide and avalanche zones.

Ornamental
It is also used as an ornamental plant in parks, gardens, or as an avenue tree. Ornamental cultivars include 'Asplenifolia', which has divided and sharply serrated leaflets, 'Blackhawk', which has large fruit and dark green foliage, 'Fastigiata', which has an upright columnar form, 'Fructu Luteo', which has orange yellow fruit, 'Michred', which has brilliant red fruit, 'Pendula', which is a weeping tree, and 'Xanthocarpa', which has orange yellow fruit.

‘Sheerwater Seedling', an upright and slender cultivar, and 'Wisley Gold' with yellow fruits, have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Cultivars are vegetatively propagated via cuttings, grafting, or shield budding.

Culture
In the Prose Edda, the Norse god Thor saves himself from a rapid river created by the giantess Gjálp by grabbing hold of a rowan, which became known as "Thor's protection".

In English folklore, twigs of S. aucuparia were believed to ward off evil spirits and witches. The plant was called "the witch" in England and dowsing rods to find ores were made out of its wood. Twigs were used to drive cattle to the pasture for the first time in spring to ensure their health and fertility. The wooden shafts of forks and other farm implements were constructed from the species to protect farm animals and production from witches' spells. In weather lore, a year with plentiful rowan fruit would have a good grain harvest but be followed by a severe winter.

In Scottish folklore, boughs of rowan were traditionally taken into cattle byres in May to protect livestock from evil, and rowan trees were planted in pastures for similar purposes. S. aucuparia is used in the coats of arms of the German municipalities Ebernhahn, Eschenrode, and Hermsdorf, and of the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Rowan is part of the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and the logo of both Wigan Athletic and Wigan Warriors.

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Osaka school massacre

The Ikeda school massacre was a school stabbing and mass murder that occurred in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on 8 June 2001. Mamoru Takuma, a 37-year-old ex-convict with a history of mentally disturbed and anti-social behavior, stabbed eight students to death and seriously wounded fifteen others in a knife attack that lasted several minutes. Takuma was sentenced to death in August 2003, and executed in September 2004.

As of 2023, it is currently the deadliest school attack in Japanese history.

Perpetrator
Mamoru Takuma was a 37-year-old ex-convict from Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, who had a long history of mentally disturbed and anti-social behavior since childhood, and an extensive criminal record that included a conviction for rape. As a teenager, Takuma's volatile behavior led to him being kicked out of school and his father eventually disowning him. After being released from prison in 1989, Takuma moved to the nearby city of Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, working various part-time jobs in the area, but often being fired for erratic or violent behavior.

In 1999, he was detained at a psychiatric hospital while working as a janitor at Itami City Ikejiri Elementary, after slipping his temazepam into tea he served in a teachers' room at the school, resulting in staff being hospitalized. Takuma attempted suicide at the psychiatric hospital, but was soon determined as fit to be released. In October 2000, Takuma was charged for assaulting a bellhop while working as a taxi driver in Osaka.

Attack
On 8 June 2001, at 10:15 a.m. local time, Takuma entered the elite Ikeda Elementary School, which was affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University. Armed with a kitchen knife, he began stabbing school children and teachers at random, killing eight students aged between seven and eight, and seriously wounded thirteen other children and two teachers. Takuma was wrestled into submission by several staff members after a few minutes of rampaging, and began ranting incoherent statements.

Takuma committed the massacre the day of his court hearing for assaulting the bellhop in October 2000.

Fatalities
All of the victims were female second-graders, except for one first-grade boy.

 * Yuki Hongo (本郷 優希 Hongō Yūki)
 * Mayuko Isaka (猪阪 真宥子 Isaka Mayuko)
 * Yuuka Kiso (木曽 友香 Kiso Yūka)
 * Ayano Moriwaki (森脇 綾乃 Moriwaki Ayano)
 * Maki Sakai (酒井 麻希 Sakai Maki)
 * Takahiro Totsuka (戸塚 健大 Totsuka Takahiro) (the only boy to die in the attack)
 * Hana Tsukamoto (塚本 花菜 Tsukamoto Hana)
 * Rena Yamashita (山下 玲奈 Yamashita Rena)

Aftermath
Takuma was diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder. He was later convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed on September 14, 2004.

The attack is currently the sixth largest mass murder, along with the Matsumoto incident, in recent Japanese history, exceeded in fatalities only by the Tokyo subway sarin attack, the Osaka movie theater fire, the Sagamihara stabbings, the Kyoto Animation arson attack, and the Myojo 56 building fire. At the time, it was tied with the Matsumoto sarin attack as the second deadliest, behind the Tokyo subway sarin attack. The incident set itself apart, however, by the age of the victims, its venue (a school), and the perpetrator's history of mental illness. Because of these factors, the attack raised questions about Japan's social policies for dealing with mental illness, the rights of victims and criminals, and the accessibility and security of Japanese schools.

After the attack, Yoshio Yamane, the principal administrator of the school, announced that it would bring in a security guard, an at-the-time unheard-of practice at Japanese schools. J-pop artist Hikaru Utada rearranged her song "Distance" in honor of Rena Yamashita, one of the murdered schoolgirls, because of an essay contest the girl had won, talking about how she respected and wanted to be like Utada, renaming it "Final Distance".

Some children, faculty and parents developed post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Titus Manlius Torquatus

Titus Manlius Torquatus may refer to four Roman Republican consuls of the gens Manlia:

 * Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, consul in 347, 344, and 340 BC.
 * Titus Manlius Torquatus, grandson of the above, consul in 299 BC who died in office.
 * Titus Manlius Torquatus, great-grandson of the above, consul in 235 and 224 BC.
 * Titus Manlius Torquatus, grandson of the above, consul in 165 BC.

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Osaka massacre

Osaka massacre may refer to:
 * Ikeda Elementary School stabbing (2001)
 * Osaka movie theatre fire (2008)
 * 2021 Osaka building fire

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Talk:Operation Rolling Thunder

Reverting of copyrighted material
I reverted the new addition because it is taken from (at least partly). To whomever added it, any copyrighted material that you wish to release under the GFDL is more than welcomed, but something more than a comment on the summary is needed as anyone could have claimed that. Please, put a note on the site that claims copyright saying that the information is under the GFDL, or write some more specific information here on the talk page (i.e. who you are, which information is under the GFDL, and from which site it comes) so that Wikipedia has some sort of record. thank you, Dori 17:47, Nov 29, 2003 (UTC)

Statement regarding copyright of text
My name is Lee Brimmicombe-Wood. I am the copyright holder of the material posted at http://www.airbattle.co.uk/d_history.html and I can be contacted by e-mail at: lee@damfine.demon.co.uk if confirmation of my identity is required. I am happy to make the information on the page above available under the terms of the GFDL.

I shall restore the page with the material I posted. Thank you.

-Lee Brimmicombe-Wood 20:31, Nov 29, 2003 (GMT)

Thank you for posting the message and for providing the text for the article. Dori | Talk 21:02, Nov 29, 2003 (UTC)

I have added a link from the original page.

-Lee Brimmicombe-Wood

Figures
Aren't any figures concerning casualties (in air-planes, civilian lives, ...) available? --Malbi 19:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

DONE.--Buckboard 11:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

COMBAT AUDIO RECORDING
I possess 8 x 20 minutes of Operation Rolling Thunder (ORT) "Combat Audio Recordings" appropriate as links from Rolling Thunder, F-105, Wild Weasel but likely would require an extensive description of the jargon used, and the actions taking place.

I have little skill in the functioning of these pages, so cannot personally create the insertions.

As a veteran of ORT I believe that Dori's contribution (above) is functionally accurate. With a single exception, I have seen no detailed military records of aircraft lost, bombs dropped, military or civilians killed on either side. It is possible that these estimates were intentionally suppressed. (I believe 334 F-105 lost in combat to be an logical figure.) User:Spoongap

Losses were NOT "intentionally suppressed, as anyone who lived during the war will remember. The news reported every loss in painful detail just as they do today in Iraq ("the 594th aircraft lost in North Vietnam"). The figures are available on this site, under the "list of aircraft losses" shown near the bottom of the main article. There is a dearth of information regarding casualties on the ground, but tonnages, aircraft losses, personnel losses--all of that is "out there" in many places. I too am a USAF Vietnam vet. --Buckboard 09:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

More figures
Can someone add details on pilots KIA, MIA, captured and so forth? Are there any official number of MiGs shot down? Aircraft losses by type and year? If someone can just point to the information elsewhere I'd be happy to add it in. Wsacul 06:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Wsacul, I am unable to locate the figures you cite for civilian or military casualties, which you wrote came from a CIA "Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam" for January 1, 1968. There is no document with exactly this name at the Texas Tech Virtual Vietnam Archive. The closest document is "An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam (through December 31, 1967)", but this document is only 21 pages long, so there is no P.32, and it does not contain any casualty assessments. Further, it estimates material damage at $414 million, not the $370 million you cite. Another document, "An Appraisal of the Bombing of North Vietnam (1 Jan - 31 Mar 1968), also gives no casualty estimates, and has an even higher damage estimate. Can you explain what document you are actually citing for the figures of 90,000 overall deaths and 72,000 civilians through Jan 1 1968? Brooksfoe (talk) 08:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

 * I too searched the Texas Tech Virtual Vietnam Archive. I can't find this alleged document with its casualty estimates either.

 * Therefore I've deleted the "source" and associated text. Before restoring it, will someone please provide evidence that this document actually exists. Thanks.

 * Know08 (talk) 19:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Wsacul's figures are simply incorrect mathematically. It is stated that 1000 were killed per week over 44 months. This adds up to about 176,000 casualties whereas, in the same sentence, it states total casualties to be 90,000. Furthermore, how can this alleged document give figures for the full 44 months of Rolling Thunder when it is stated that the document only covered up to the end of 1967? Ivan Coates —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.78.64.101 (talk) 05:58, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Online External Links and Citations
I like the recent addition of a lot of citations to books, but aren't there more online resources to link to? If someone were to read some of the declassified CIA docs and so forth with info on Rolling Thunder and link directly to those that would be great, instead of relying all on inaccessible books. Wsacul 18:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

 * You are absolutely right. So why not add them? RM Gillespie 18:23, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

All the government documents are online, so I linked to them. Some of the links are into big databases and may become unreliable- I'm not sure if wikipedia wants a bunch of bloated 20 MB pdfs uploaded but that would be the ideal solution. Also is it possible to cite directly to some spot in a pdf? Wsacul 21:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I remember reading somewhere that it was not possible (at present) to go directly to a specific spot within a PDF. Since the PDFs follow the same pagination format as the printed originals, quotations are not a problem. RM Gillespie 15:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

What's the point of listing your thesis as a source if it can't be bought or downloaded? Do you not have permission to put it online? Can one even theoretically check it out from the library of your school? Wsacul 06:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Theoretically speaking, yes, all thesis and doctoral dissertations are (and have been since at least the middle of the 20th century) available through yer local library (interlibrary loans). That's why they are often quoted in many historical works. RM Gillespie 09:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Policy or military failure?
Let me see if I remember correctly, Lyndon Johnson was president, which means that he was the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces. The policies that you refer to were military decisions. Those decisions were wrong and the campaign failed. Thats not a defeat? The Joint Chiefs, the president's chief military advisors, agreed with the president (although they may have held differing opinions among themselves). The problem with assigning blame only to the political decisionmaking process during the conflict is that it is incorrect. The chiefs were responsible for the decisions that they made - or endorsed. And they endorsed every decision that Johnson made. I do not remember the chiefs lining up to resign their positions in protest over the administration's decisions. This problem with the U.S. military high command has not gone away with time, unfortunately. RM Gillespie 02:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It is amazing how the military powers-that-be have still largely avoided taking their share of the blame for such policy failures during the war. It's always nice to be able to blame someone else, I guess, even for policies that you generally supported.--172.190.10.146 (talk) 04:35, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Two images
Images Image:RT6.jpg and Image:RTSAM.jpg were uploaded by User:RM Gillespie here on en in January 2007. These were moved to commons in November 2007 because they were marked public domain. However, they were deleted from commons in March 2008, from what I can tell because the specific source was unknown. (Image:AAAA.jpg, on the contrary, includes a specific source, but has not yet been moved to commons.) RT6.jpg included the caption "Hanoi petroleum storage site, 30 June 1966." and RTSAM.jpg included "RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance aircraft catches fire after SA-2 Guideline detonation." I've left a note for RMG. If anyone else knows where the RT6 or RTSAM images came from originally, they can be restored here and/or at commons. Gimmetrow 05:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Contradiction in aircrafts lost 1967?
Under SAMs and Wild Weasels it says: "During 1967 U.S. losses totaled 248 aircraft (145 Air Force, 102 Navy, and one Marine Corps).[77]" and later: "During 1967, the second full year of Rolling Thunder operations, 362 U.S. aircraft had been lost over North Vietnam. (208 Air Force, 142 Navy, and 12 Marine Corps).[82]"

That's quite a difference and confusing since both figures are stated within the same section only paragraphs away without pointing out the discrepancies (different sources with differing counting systems?) Is the year correct?

Holger Göbber 84.154.45.22 (talk) 19:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Just a guess, but the latter figure sounds like a cumulative total perhaps misinterpreted during compilation into this article. Can someone check the references? Thewellman (talk) 19:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

American Bombs don't kill innocents.
American bombs don't kill innocent people, those people were liberated and deserved it. Heck they're grateful for the blessed motherland to liberating their savage asses. American bombs are designed only to kill evil people, so if you died, you were evil. Get it.

Now let me state this, right, them here. This article is a sham. A bloody outrage to the soldiers who served in this fine defense forces, and you should be ashamed of writing such nonsense. This is a commie, liberal lie that is being spread and I for one won't stand for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.192.246.138 (talk) 06:46, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Ah, history. Ain't it a bitch.74.177.113.228 (talk) 17:26, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Rules of Engagement by LBJ
Something is wrong with this article. I distinctly remember reading (earlier 2009) in this article details about how the Rules of Engagement (ROE) imposed by then-president Lyndon B. Johnson change the targets and plans of the airstrike in the beginning. Did someone delete this?--99.253.227.126 (talk) 07:08, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, things were certainly micromanaged quite a bit, but it wouldn't have made much difference in the end, regardless of how resentful many military men became of their civilian bosses meddling.--172.190.10.146 (talk) 04:38, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Title photograph text has been vandalized?
As the heading states, I think the word 'ballsack' as it appears under the picture of the F105s was placed there mischievously. 71.204.26.16 (talk) 05:21, 8 December 2011 (UTC)Student preparing for finals

Problems with the Opposition section
The section on "opposition" to Rolling Thunder contains far too many self-serving arguments from Johnson Adminstration officials. It also attempts to shift responsibility and blame totally to the military. Worse yet, the stories as told seem to inevitably trace back excOr lusively to the politicians themselves as the only sources. Robert McNamara's idea that he could simultaniously create Rolling Thunder, run Rolling Thunder and be a man of peace opposed to Rolling Thunder deserves to be questioned. Or at least attributed directly to him as the only source.

I think the section should really be rewritten to focus on actual opposition to the Operation rather than the supposed covert opposition of people to the war at the top of the Johnson Administration. 70.234.253.42 (talk) 02:51, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Operation's result
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PHOTO LEVEL BOMBING
Your photo on opening page of F-105s dropping 3000 lb bombs through overcast on signal from B-66 seems inappropriate for a 3.5 year campaign of VISUAL DAYLIGHT DIVE BOMBING by F-105s in trail one after another releasing six 750 or five 1000lb bombs rippled to visually hit some heavily defended designated target. 76.7.106.210 (talk) 22:11, 5 July 2014 (UTC) plumalley

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Casualties?
I find it very unlikely that only 30,000 casualties arose from this bombing campaign. Can someone look into this please?

On the Vietnam War page, it says North Vietnam/Vietcong had over 800,000 military casualties and some ~100,000 civilian casualties. I find it very hard to believe that only 30,000 between those two figures came from aerial bombardment. 24.60.59.171 (talk) 20:44, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to look into it yourself and if you find RS for different figures you can add those in. Mztourist (talk) 05:30, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

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