User talk:Desmond Hobson

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RE: Question

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Out of curiosity what is the info you wish to put on the database? Mahoga ny

Your edit to List of Rebel: The Network affiliates

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Doesn't matter. The information was all fictitious anyway, having to do with giving the "affiliates" new "call letters" so that I could use it for personal reasons. The page is now blank, and I am asking for its complete removal.Desmond Hobson 18:32, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit to Buddy Wayne Barefoot

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Tawkerbot,

I am writing you because I understand that you labeled the Buddy Wayne Barefoot page with the "hoax" label. In response, I will make two points:

The page was not intended to be a hoax. It was for my personal use only, under the permission that Chris Black granted me last month. The idea was to make up the page, print it out, then erase the content to ensure that only entries that meet the standard of verifiability are on Wikipedia. I do not wish to take up valuable hard-drive space on your servers. Unfortunately, Wikipedia pages are not WYSIWYG; they have different fonts when printed out, and also, the links are not visible. Therefore, I must save the page on your server so I can, if only briefly, see the page as it was intended to look. In the case of the BWB page, I hit "save" earlier than planned, and someone saw it as a hoax and put in the label.
However, I can no longer afford to take any chances with the anti-vandalism system and therefore must vow never to make up these pages again. I must take seriously your efforts to keep Wikipedia the site that it was intended to be. I have also made many legitimate contributions as a Wikipedian and I would like to keep my good name.

Desmond Hobson 16:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Coldplay. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. f(x)=ax²+bx+c 01:03, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't even seen the Coldplay page. How did that message end up in my box?--Desmond Hobson 16:15, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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--D -Day ^{What up? Am I cool, or what?} 22:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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New disclaimer on edit pages

I have noticed that the edit pages now have a disclaimer against its use for vanity and advertising purposes.

Exactly when was this added?
Is this really a widespread problem?
Has Wikipedia actually sued anyone over these rules?

From a recovering "vandalizer.":)--Desmond Hobson 22:26, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request

unblock|apparent administrator confusion

Earlier, I reported that the reason for the block had to do with my use of the sandbox. However, as I have thought some more, I don't think that is what happened.

The reason given was I that had blanked out nihonjoe's user page. Believe me, this never happened. In fact, I had not heard of nihonjoe until the moment I was told I was being blocked. I had expected to give some updates and to put a couple of new pages online today when I received the news.

Some sort of confusion must have happened, and he may well have blocked the wrong page.

Hopefully, nihonjoe, who I understand can be very busy at times, will see only this newest version of the page and not any of the ones I placed earlier. I also hope that he will unblock me in the next few hours, so that I don't have to wait until Saturday afternoon (my time) to resume my editing privileges.

Thank you.

My IP address is 65.116.143.83.

Please solve this problem as quickly as possible. Thank you.--Desmond Hobson 21:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that someone has been abusing your IP address. See Special:Contributions/65.116.143.83. Sorry, but I think you might just have to wait this one out. It's not your fault but all it takes is one bad user on an IP... Sasquatch t|c 18:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Followup on block

Sasquatch, you suspected that something was wrong with my IP address, and after last night, I think you're right.

Early Saturday morning (about 1 am), I was able to edit pages as normal. This was within the 48-hour period that nihonjoe had blocked me for. Earlier, I was blocked while trying to edit from a public library near my home. Therefore, I think the problem has something to do with a lock of some kind placed by that library.

I do know that the library blocks some pages otherwise available; for example, MySpace. Was it the case here? All I know is that the block ended Saturday afternoon.--Desmond Hobson 08:21, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

AfD Gameshow Marathon show ummaries

Dear Desmond,

Thank you for making your points on the Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gameshow_Marathon_show_summaries page: it has helped me understand what you were trying to do on your user page. I see now that you've edited it slightly by bunning the 'future' template on it. I wonder, however, if I could make a suggestion?

Most user pages are summaries of the user themselves and the opionions they hold, and do not really deal with subjects that should have articles themselves in the main encyclopaedia space. When you wrote that piece of wrestling, I thought that it might be an article that you had put on your user page by mistake. Now that you have told me that it is a 'dream article' I understand.

To avoid others reaching the same conclusion, it might be a good idea to remove the 'future' template and added something that shows instantly that the wrestling article is intimately linked with you. Something along the following, perhaps?

If I ruled the World, we'd have articles like...

As regards your article Gameshow Marathon show summaries, I'm afraid many people will agree that it is not suitable. It is a very long list of information that will be seen as indiscriminate and unencyclopaedic. The length of the article is also at odds with the article's title. Most summaries are maybe four paragraphs long. --die Baumfabrik 14:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to post something similar, but to suggest using the {{userpage}} template instead. Alternatively, many users who write content in their userspace put it on a subpage such as User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox so that they can work on it and link others to it without cluttering up their main page. (For the record, I don't actually care what you put in your userspace, but I found the juxtaposition of subjects funny.) Opabinia regalis 16:19, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's done!

Opabinia and Baumfabrik, your wish has been granted! Click on the link if you're interested. I plan to change the page every few days. In the meantime, I have changed the main user page so that it has factual information.

Markups

Desmond, don't worry about changing the race names. We're setting it up so the old race names will redirect to the current name. There's no reason to change them with the pipe link. --D -Day ^{I'm all ears How can I improve?} 22:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reply

Alright, D-Day, change it back. But that's lots of hard work down the drain. (sigh)

Then again, there is no link to the name "GM FlexFuel 250" anyway.

About Los Angeles D-Fenders

The Breakers aren't a youth basketball team, they're a "height challenged" team. Tom Danson 16:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the correction, Tom. I just reprinted what I thought someone else wrote. Either I misinterpreted the entry or the previous editor got it wrong.--Desmond Hobson 03:23, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WEPX/WPXU

Any announcements on MyTV affiliation? I haven't seen any.--CFIF (talk to me) 18:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I got the information from Chip Kelly's web site, which cited the MNTV affiliates' page. I also did the citation on the affiliates' list page, right before the actual list of stations. I suggest that you read it again.--Desmond Hobson 18:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How reliable is that site though? It's certainly not official. --CFIF (talk to me) 19:04, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to answer that one, except to maybe wait a few days. At some point, the station should also make the announcement, unless the deal is totally screwed up, like the CW messed up with KAUT and KUVI.--Desmond Hobson 19:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sandbox2

Would it be possible for you to leave the categories off your sandbox2 articles? Unfortunately the categorization doesn't stay within your userspace, so your sandbox2 is now featuring in a number of real categories. Cheers Yomangani ^talk 00:45, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Although I put in the categories on the page in an effort to make it look as realistic as possible, I will abide by your suggestion.--Desmond Hobson 00:51, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- You could do something like this (which would maintain the look and functionality without actually adding the page to the categories):

Yomangani ^talk 01:08, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- Thanks! Your suggestions worked like a charm!--Desmond Hobson 21:35, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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PGA Tour Fall Series (01-23-07)

Greetings ....

Saw where you created the Fall Series page, which covers PGA Tour events occuring after the FedEx Cup portion of the Tour Schedule. Everything with the page is in order except for its Wikipedia title, which is just "Fall Series".

Feeling that "PGA Tour" needed to be included in the title name, I transferred everything over to this page --- PGA Tour Fall Series, to which the Fall Series page will now re-direct to.

Just wanted to let you know. Feel free to look me up.

Thanx-A-Lot and Enjoy, Frank

Fgf2007 03:38, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don't mind the change. - Desmond Hobson 18:17, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the "Thumbs Up" -- Please feel free to check out my sandbox projects (links on my wiki-user page)
Thanx-A-Lot and Enjoy, Fgf2007 02:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your attention.

Never mind. The edit has been successful. I decided to adapt another template which was simpler to use. - Desmond Hobson 20:37, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I give your permission to remove it. I have been to the page and it has been replaced. I also see that the other image has been removed; that was for the same reason. - Desmond Hobson 16:47, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Brian McRipper

Thanks for reading and acting on the notices on this page. Best regards, MackSalmon 09:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome, Mack! When I read that heading, I feared the worst. Still, this is a problem I have to keep working on, making sure I don't create dummy pages. - Desmond Hobson 20:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bubba Ray Lumpkin

Now, I know absolutely nothing about American football, but are you certain this person is notable? The article doesn't talk about them playing for any team, and the link to Aaron's goes to the wrong place, I think. J Milburn 16:44, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, you have blanked it. In future, please do not blank articles that you want deleting. If you are basically the only contributor, please tag them with {{db-author}} and they will be deleted. J Milburn 16:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take note of that, thank you. - Desmond Hobson 16:49, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Bunky Miller page

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I have since added it to User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox. - Desmond Hobson 20:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Correction: it is on the user page. - Desmond Hobson 15:49, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I have since added it to User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox2. - Desmond Hobson 20:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I believe this message has been sent in error. Please see the previous entry. That is, unless sandbox pages do not count. I want a clarification. - Desmond Hobson 15:49, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Steve Beverly

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I feel like such a bonehead!:( I have just been reminded that I could have kept the article from deletion by going to the talk page, but now it's too late! I blame myself for this for not responding in a timely matter, but I also blame the server at TVGameShows.net. When the server was changed due to financial issues, some of the information was lost, including a detailed biography that could have helped justify Beverly's inclusion on Wikipedia. Union University does not have such a bio on the web, either. - Desmond Hobson 17:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect of Bonnie Blackstone

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My mistake, "bot." (It's odd talking to a bot, isn't it?) Anyway, I should have removed the redirect page once the old page was deleted. I still think that there should be a Boni Blackstone page (as well as a Joe Pedicino page) because both appeared on national televised professional wrestling shows briefly in the 1990s. In case you did not know, Pedicino was on syndicated WCW shows and World Class while Blackstone was on World Class/USWA/GWF on ESPN. I know there has been some debate about this in the pro wrestling project as to whether or not they were notable. I say that they were. - Desmond Hobson 17:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bassmasters Classic

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July 2007

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Boogers, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Tlesher 13:37, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Boogers, you will be blocked from editing. Tlesher 13:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I understand your advice and will take it. However, it is also true that there is a weakness in the anti-vandalism system at Wikipedia. As I wrote in my sandbox about three months ago, pages that are removed or blanked due to vandalism are treated differently on the Wikipedia server. If the article is an original namespace (I hope that's the right term), and there is vandalism, its entire history is removed. But if the vandalism is from a redirect page, the page is then retained in the article history and anyone can click onto it. Although I stumbled onto this weakness by accident, I want to share my experiences in hopes of improving the product and upholding the reputation of Wikipedia content. Honestly, I think that vandalized redirect pages should be treated the same as the original namespace pages - not to be mentioned in page histories. Anything you can do to change this is appreciated. My only other mistake is in doing this over and over and over again. One or two examples to prove my point should have been enough. From my own "archive" on my computer hard drive, I have counted 37 such vandalisms of re-directs, and some pages were re-done four or five times. - Desmond Hobson 13:55, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, and I forgot to do this earlier: To all users of Wikipedia who have been offended by my vandalism, I offer my sincerest apologies. Eventually, despite the weaknesses detailed above, all the responsibility that has brought me to this point is mine. - Desmond Hobson 14:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Luk suh 04:24, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects become fake articles then go back to redirects?

Could you please explain what you are doing with these? e.g. Betty Jean McBricker, Bobo Bates, Little Buddy, Brittany Spears, Brett Bartlett, etc.? Thanks! Ewlyahoocom 07:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. As I have explained several times, it has to do with the fact that a vandalized page based on a redirect stays in the history file, but a vandalism that creates a new namespace is erased and not shown in the history file. This is a huge inconsistency that Wikipedia has to address as soon as possible. For more information, and examples, see my user page.

The most recent redirects were minor edits. One of my characters' hometowns was Reidville, South Carolina, which I misspelled as "Reidsville" earlier. In another case, there was a fake "photo" file which I removed. Finally, on the "Brittany Spears" re-edit, I removed a template that was applied by another user.

Thanks for your interest. Now that the point has been made, I will avoid all such shenanigans in the future. - Desmond Hobson 18:30, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're confused: there's nothing special about redirects, vandal edits stay in the histories of any vandalized page. See also Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Ewlyahoocom 18:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ewlyahoocom, I have read and understood the page in question and I also understand the possible consequences of further disruption. I also have a more detailed response to your complaints at Wikipedia talk:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Click on entry number 14. - Desmond Hobson 12:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Answer for you at WT:POINT

See Wikipedia talk:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 17:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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AfD nomination of ESPN BottomLine

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brewers

Hi. With that username I expected that baseball fans would assume that I am a Brewers fan; but I'm not. I only chose that name because my first edit was on a Brewers player. (By the way, sorry for nominating your article for afd. Nothing personal.) --brew crewer (yada, yada) 17:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. In fact, you inspired me. After I saw that you had a Blow (surname) page, I came back and created a similar page, Barefoot (surname). - Desmond Hobson (talk) 19:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thank you! --brew crewer (yada, yada) 19:50, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Clash of the Choirs at DYK

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DYK - Clash of the Choirs

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Benjiboi and Riana, thank you. It made my day! Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 17:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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I have no idea

No, I have no idea why I hate Scott A. Brown either. This may be a result of me using one of the public computers at the Cerritos Public Library in Cerritos, California to edit and forgetting to log out. - Desmond Hobson (talk)

This posting has been moved

The posting I made on April 19 suggesting new navigation boxes for United States radio stations has been moved to a new page, Category talk:Arbitron market by state navbox templates. That page is a better fit and increases my chances for a response. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Gary Miller (sportscaster)

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This is bizarre. I just checked the page and I don't see the proposed deletion template. I did see the template asking to improve the sourcing. So either the proposed deletion was not intended or the bot was applied incorrectly. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 17:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I am disappointed that I did not know that you had generated a request for fair use until just now. If I had seen this message in time, I might have had a chance to save the image. Now, the Britt Barefoot page has no picture. Bummer! - Desmond Hobson (talk) 05:54, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brandy Roderick

You seemed a little unsure yourself if Brandy Roderick warranted a separate article or should be a redirect to Brande Roderick - all the links on the Brandy page seem to be dead now and I can't find any ref's to her. Do you have any that confirm her notability? I'm tempted otherwise to turn it back into redirect. Regards Hunting dog (talk) 12:51, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That was an accident. I had meant to press the "show preview" button instead of the "save page" button. You know about recovering alcoholics, right? Well, I am a "recovering vandal" and I also am aware of the new software that you now have in place to try to prevent vandalism. That page changed so fast that it looks like the software was used in this case. Believe me, I did not want that page to go on Wikipedia, and again I apologize for hitting the wrong button. You also have my permission to make it a redirect again, as intended. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 05:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done, cheers for the confirmation. Good luck with the recovery! :) -Hunting dog (talk) 06:18, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fox Sports Net (2008)

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MfD nomination of User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox

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AfD nomination of Britt Barefoot

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I sort of expected it. Once Britt left Southern Miss and didn't land in the NFL, I knew that this page's days were numbered. Maybe if Britt and Hollie had, just as an example, been cast on the ABC series Here Come the Newlyweds, there might have been a chance. I wish Britt all the best in his future life. However, I can't believe this page is being eliminated by a bot! I hope that the next time it happens, it comes from a real human being.[sigh] - Desmond Hobson (talk) 09:04, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KLPN to KTPN

There was a redirect from KLPN to KTPN that was created. KLPN is the main station so why is the article called KTPN? MeteorMan7228 04:59, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Don't ask me. I didn't create the page. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 08:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like you did. Actually, I guess the question is why you called it KTPN rather than KLPN.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:56, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KBTZ

I don't know where they're hiding all the information on this station.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:56, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Butte has a newspaper. But it is unsearchable. Or maybe no one wrote an article. This is insane, either way. I hate leaving the DTV article hanging like that.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 20:59, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, chimp, for that. However, I would have liked it if the last of those two comments were on the KBTZ talk page instead of my user page. It's just a more appropriate place. - Desmond Hobson (talk) 21:36, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry. I was just using this as a way to let you know I tried.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:33, 19 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

KAMP-FM

Nice catch — I'd earlier reverted a change to the KAMP disambiguation page because the FCC didn't reflect a change of callsign, but it's (partly) updated on their site now. Just one problem, though. According to the FCC, the new callsign is KAMP, so this article ought to be at KAMP (FM) rather than KAMP-FM. I'm happy to move it, but I didn't want to jump into the middle while you were probably already making various changes related to this. Mlaffs (talk) 20:54, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unreferenced BLPs

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

Hello,

I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Wikipedia. If you haven’t yet had a chance, there is still time to participate– we’d truly appreciate your feedback. The survey is anonymous and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement.

Take the survey here.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:40, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

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