Firstly, enjoy your Wikibreak; come back clear-headed and ready to edit! Second, I noticed you live in New England, and are a DJ (awesome!), and wondered if you've heard of Wikimania 2006, which is happening right here in our fair city of Boston. I know it's a few hours' drive from where you are, but if you could participate in IRC chats, or volunteer to help with Wikimania, we'd really appreciate it. I enjoy working with you, and look forward to seeing you in the future. Happy wikibreak, Mysekurity 02:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I love the userpage! 02:44, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Fantastic work on the St. John's College High School article, it looks wonderful! Bahn Mi 21:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the additions of pictures of the Bendix and Thompson tropies! KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:09, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I dispute your unsourced assertion that you ever sit on your "lazy ass"! If you expect such controversial claims to remain unchallenged, you should not use such a recognizable sig! No one even has to check your contribs to see that is a deliberately false and misleading statement. I am deeply disappointed in you for attempting to push this unsupported minority POV. KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:17, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing my ugly user page! I really appreciate it. I had tried to make it look nice, but I just couldn't figure it out! Thanks!Reggaedelgado 19:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a barnstar for converting me to ascii and HTML they are fantastic, thanks. I spent three hours this week trying to find just an ascii version, so I am delighted to have these in user space. Big smile on my face now, thanks. --Alf ^melmac 11:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Funny shit, I wish I still had one of the posters (the one with a swashbuckling floppy) that they sent out to universities during that campaign so I could up it to commons. Also, excellent work on the many aspects of warez (it's refreshing to see well written articles by people who have a clue). Nice userpage, too, 'cept the whole spiel about being conservative ;-P (at least you aren't a GWB fanboy). --Dragon695 18:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have a question about the above mentioned picture. You state it was taken by Utopium Photography, yet you claim to be the copyright holder. If this picture was not taken by you, but you are the subject the photographer has to release the copyright to you. Just like wedding photos, the married couple do not hold any copyrights, or infact any rights to the photos. Mike _{(T C)} 23:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dude... you have absolutely no idea what the hell your talking about. In the US, works for hire cannot be registered for copyright by the creator. See this pdf:

Under the 1976 Copyright Act as amended (title 17 of the United States Code), a work is protected by copyright from the time it is created in a fixed form. In other words, when a work is written down or otherwise set into tangible form, the copyright immediately becomes the property of the author who created it. Only the author or those deriving their rights from the author can rightfully claim copyright.

Although the general rule is that the person who creates a work is the author of that work, there is an exception to that principle: the copyright law defines a category of works called “works made for hire.” If a work is “made for hire,” the employer, and not the employee, is considered the author. The employer may be a firm, an organization, or an individual.

Note the section in bold. Nuff said.  ALKIVAR™ 19:27, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool userpage you've got! Gerard Foley 01:17, 16 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the way I worded it, it sounded like he mixed his own records. I sat there for a few minutes trying to peice together a sentence that would be both grammatically correct and convey the correct message. "Not only did Oakenfold produce records, but he also mixed them." A few too many modifiers. The words but and also are both redundant but without them the sentence is screwed. Perhaps, "Oakenfold even mixed the records he produced for others" or something of the ilk? drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 02:05, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, wonderful userpage. Did you develop it or did you copmod a template? drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 02:06, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I subst'd some of the templates... and modified them to match the theme (the GFDL only and the Userpage templates) the rest I developed by hand. I'd be glad to give you any help you need developing one of your own if you'd like.  ALKIVAR™ 21:47, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you were the one who asked a little while ago for a report of young orphaned images? Here it is. Let me know if any tweaks are needed. --Interiot 23:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yours is the nicest userpage I've seen, in browsing several hundred. Nice work! Waitak 10:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank You !!

for "You're Not Alone"

GoldToeMarionette (talk · contribs) had a WP:RFCU inappropriately completed on their account by Jayjg (talk · contribs) and Hall Monitor (talk · contribs) blocked the account after it was identified as a multiple account despite their being no violation of Wikipedia policy by GoldToeMarionette. These users did not respond to requests to undo the action.

Other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Comments on RFCU itself [2]

Other Admins contacted [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Hall Monitor was emailed with no reply

GoldToeMarionette posted on the account's User and Talk Pages seeking assistance when the talk page was protected without the issue being discussed. User:GoldToeMarionette User_talk:GoldToeMarionette

GoldToeMarionette notified article contributors that illustrative examples were subject to an AfD. The account strictly followed the WP:SPAM#Internal_spamming guideline. The AfD was without controversy. GoldToeMarionette did not participate in the vote. HereToCleanup removed the posts following the AfD in accord with the widely accepted Wikipedia Guideline Wikipedia:Spam#Internal_spamming that states "Clean up your mess. For example, after engaging in cross-posting to promote some election, be sure to remove those cross-posts after the election is complete." [8]

• GoldToeMarionette Contributions
• Breakdown of GoldToeMarionette's Posts
• Example post to 66 article contributors
• Example post removal from 66 article contributors
• HereToCleanup's Contributions
• No AfD participation

Since GoldToeMarionette was strictly following Wikipedia Policy, there should not have been a Check User completed by Jayjg. Hall Monitor only blocked the account because it was labeled as a sockpuppet by Jayjg's completed Check User. Absent policy violation it should not have been processed in RFCU or been blocked. I am asking for your help to confirm that policy was not violated, administrative action should not have been taken, and request that the administrative action be reversed by unblocking GoldToeMarionette and unprotecting the talk page. Thank you for your time with this request. HighInTheSky 05:38, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't expect you to, but if you have time ever, could you help me with my userpage? Yours is amazing, and if you could make mine similar (or even remotely presentable), I would greatly appreciate your assistance! Thanks a million! -PhattyFatt 16:36, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I noticed that quite a while ago you uploaded Image:Tedwilliams and tomyawkey.jpg and tagged it as {{cc-by-sa}}. Do you really own the copyright to the photo? Was it actually taken by you (or an order relative)? Please let me know more information about the photo, since I would like to verify its license status before I upload it to Commons. Andrew Levine 10:02, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do not know the source of the original photographer, however the signed physical photo in question is owned by my grandfather who bought it at auction. Thinking about it now... its probably not commons material.  ALKIVAR™ 11:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You voiced your opinion on this AFD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warren Woods Tower High School) as being "Keep all real places.". I know you didn't mean this literally, as that would qualify my apartment an article; but what did you mean? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 16:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia guidelines/policy/common practice state time and time again that VERIFIABILITY not NOTABILITY is all that matters when it comes to keeping an article. A school is a verifiable place that has a verifiable influence on every student that attends it. My standards are to keep any school that can be proven to exist (we've had many hoax articles).

The problem is too many people look on too short of a time frame, sure X elementary school doesnt mean a whole lot to anyone who didnt go there in the present tense. But in 50 years... or 500 years, wikipedias documentation of its existance may be the ONLY record left.

I very strongly believe in viewing things from a long term perspective. For example think of the common smiley face symbol. Sure everyone's seen the thing at some point... but how many people TODAY know where it came from or who originated it? 30-40 years ago when it was new only a handfull knew. in 300 years from now, unless someone documents it... NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.  ALKIVAR™ 17:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [9] SilkTork 12:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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