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American Pie

Monumental edit on that article. Fantastic! jddphd (talk · contribs) 03:23, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Never got around to saying it, but this was great work. Thanks. / edg ☺ ★ 04:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

bmi pages

Please refrain from unilateral page renaming and/or redirects. You mentioned in the edit subjects "as per talk page" but there is no such an entry (unles you can point out otherwise). I would appreciate if you follow due process at WP:RM. Regards, Asterion^talk 18:50, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Unilateral? See here; three users agree on my edit, with one aircraft-obsessed user voting nay. (Don't worry about it—these things always get a bit jumbled when pages are moved, especially with disambigs.) Precedent would favor either a disambig at BMI or a redirect to Body mass index. Besides, it's Christmas Eve; be bold. Deltabeignet (talk) 20:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I see that the discussion is anything but recent (i.e. posts are dated May through October 2007) and was not a formal page move request (hence not advertised as such). I do agree that BMI is ambiguous enough to deserve to be the designated location for the disambiguation page but I would rather gain consensus beforehand. There will also be a hell lot of links to amend once the final location has been agreed on. Once again, please go to WP:RM and follow the steps to announce the page move (i.e. BMI (disambiguation) --> BMI or else). No need to do it tonight, of course! --Asterion^talk 00:04, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Layla

Well done on a particularly effective and creative way of showing the two-part structure of this beautiful song with the Audacity screenshot. Davidelit (talk) 18:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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User is sorry

I am sorry. I have shamed myself with my actions. I never doubted that you people are for the good of wikipedia. Once again I am trully sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.128.34.58 (talk) 17:06, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

• No trouble, friend. Deltabeignet (talk) 19:02, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Attack on James Stewart (actor)

See: 172.143.87.209 using the same MO as Harv. See: [1] Bzuk (talk) 14:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC).

Removal of "nonsense"

With regards to your removal of so-called nonsense from the Jon Rappoport article, it appears to me that you are confusing the perspective and role of a Wikipedia editor. Whether you believe that what Rappoport believes in and bases his activities on are nonsense or soundly rational is not a criterion for whether or not text should be included in the article. __meco (talk) 07:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

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Looking for Wikipedians for a User Study

Hello. I am a graduate student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. We are conducting research on ways to engage content experts on Wikipedia. Previously, Wikipedia started the Adopt-a-User program to allow new users to get to know seasoned Wikipedia editors. We are interested in learning more about how this type of relationship works. Based on your editing record on Wikipedia, we thought you might be interested in participating. If chosen to participate, you will be compensated for your time. We estimate that most participants will spend an hour (over two weeks on your own time and from your own computer) on the study. To learn more or to sign up contact KATPA at CS dot UMN dot EDU or User:KatherinePanciera/WPMentoring. Thanks. KatherinePanciera (talk) 02:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Benevolence

I see that benevolence has disappeared. All the history and content is gone, so I am wondering why? Be well, Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 14:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Let me get this clear. You deleted an article just because it was a stub? Hey listen, that's just destructive. How is anything going to ever be expanded if you delete it like that? I do not understand the deletionist mind. Please don't do that. Short entries are just fine if you leave them alone. There is plenty of diskspace, WP:NOTPAPER, etc. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 22:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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Audio Barnstar

		The Audio Barnstar
		Your work on, and uploading of, the Guitar with fuzz audio file is much appreciated. It helps to understand the related articles better. Wikipedia needs more good, original sound files like yours. I believe you deserve the Audio Barnstar.  Channel ®   21:35, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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Themes of The Lord of the Rings

Hello. You placed and AfD template on there, the relevant discussion page however is still missing. You might want to create it so we can discuss the deletion. De728631 (talk) 21:35, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

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Your photo in Newsweek

I just saw your photo in Newsweek, you should have used a "with attribution" license. See here. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 06:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

• The thought of Newsweek wanting to use a photo I took with a cell phone had honestly never occurred to me. Thanks, though. Deltabeignet (talk) 23:33, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Eric Clapton sound files

Hi Delta,

There's a discussion at the talk page. Tony (talk) 12:00, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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Tape editing listed at Redirects for discussion

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Tremolo arm article title

Hi there!

I noticed you were involved in a discussion regarding the title of the article Tremolo arm, so I though I'd mention that I've initiated a new discussion on the tTalk page. Please join us!

InternetMeme (talk) 05:37, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

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And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on any way, well.

A fake Jamaican took every last dime with a scam. It was worth it just to learn some sleight-of-hand. Bad news comes don't you worry even when it lands. Good news will work its way to all them plans. We both got fired on exactly the same day. Well we'll float on good news is on the way.

And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on, ok. And we'll all float on, alright. Already we'll all float on. No, don't you worry, we'll all float on. Alright, already, we'll all float on. Alright, don't worry, we'll all float on.

Alright already we'll all float on. Alright already we'll all float on. Alright don't worry even if things end up a bit too heavy. We'll all float on...alright. Already we'll all float on. Alright already we'll all float on, ok. Don't worry we'll all float on. Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on.

Alright already we'll all float on. (Alright) Don't you worry we'll all float on. (Alright) All float on....

Well thats my favorite song how about you. Go christian and save your sole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.56.92.44 (talk) 18:58, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Featured Sound video removal

Can you explain why you removed a WP:FS from the article (as a dead link)?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Mad props

You sir are awesome. I will never look at Millard Fillmore the same way again. --dragfyre_ʞןɐʇc 14:39, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Deltabeignet,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

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Talk:Layla

Issues are raised in the talk page almost two months ago. I wonder if you can fix them. --George Ho (talk) 05:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article review/Layla/archive2. --George Ho (talk) 04:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

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Can you help me please?

Wikipedia is not something I use on even an occasional basis. I did; however, use it for one thing - the List of SMS Gateways and it's been deleted. It had become essential for me to use for work and I guess I should have made a copy of it, but thinking that "Wikipedia" was like an "Encyclopedia" it never crossed my mind. I'm not here to argue deletion policies and tried to read through all the "talk" and "deletion review" stuff, but, I work... A LOT... (obviously, since it's 1:59 am on a Saturday and I am still at it) and I just don't have that kind of time. I just want to know what I need to do to get a copy of that page. Can you please point me in the right direction? If you could respond to my regular email, stephanie@vip-limo.com, that would be great. VIPLimoSedan (talk) 06:59, 3 November 2013 (UTC)Stephanie

1000 Blank White Cards

Howdy! Just a note to mention that I have reversed your edit of the 1000 Blank White Cards page, wherein you removed the History section. I am the game's creator. I'm not sure what looked 'hoaxy' to you about the history of the game, but I have added a citation to the location where it was created, an external link to the current version of the box of 1000 blank cards that inspired me, and, while I'm not sure how to cite myself as a primary source, I can assure you that everything in that section is as firsthand and verifiable as it could possibly be, short of nonexistent video footage. Nmphoenix (talk) 09:21, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

I just obtained the back issue of Games in which this game was featured, and which includes an exhaustive history of the game in all its "hoaxy" glory, as well as interviews with several individuals involved in its creation and promulgation, myself included. I hope this is sufficient to satisfy the unusually rigorous citation standards that have been applied in this case. I have taken the liberty of reversing your edit, again, added references, and edited elsewhere in the article for tone and content. Nmphoenix (talk) 09:35, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

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Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

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