User talk:SamMichaels

Welcome!

Hello, SamMichaels, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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no problem, Jimfbleak.talk.09:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

no abusing bots and stop being an idiot

the pedigree is mislabeled, even in the definition given on the page it's not a true facebuster, so it should be listed on DDT. i was nice and left it listed with a pointer on the facebuster page. dont be a dumbfuck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.7.35.194 (talk • contribs)

Discuss changes on the talk page. Using language like that doesn't help. --SamMichaels 20:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Boomthief

I see that you just reverted this user's vandalism of the Irish Civil War article. Please place a {{subst:test2}} warning on his talk page, as this is the second time in less than a week that he has vandalized said article. Thanks. ---Charles 00:18, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, I see that you already warned him. Cheers! ---Charles 00:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

WP seems to be having cache problems...squid errors and outdated content. --SamMichaels 00:34, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my user page. Best regards,--Húsönd 00:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

No prob...tried to warn him, but you beat me to it :) --SamMichaels 00:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Question

Who loves teh tacos? Juggaleaux 02:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

THIS GUY!! :) --SamMichaels 02:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

User talk:24.17.150.91

Please do not edit the user pages of other contributors without their approval or consent. It may be seen as vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please visit the sandbox. --SamMichaels 01:00, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

That IP adress is my IP adress. I forgot to log in. 0-172 2:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, gotcha. Just looking out. --SamMichaels 03:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I have plentiful Wiki experience and have heard elsewhere that editing anothers user page can be considered vandalism. I didn't realize I hadn't logged in until it was too late. Thanks for watching out though. 0-172 3:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Prehistory - Prehistoric man

I see that you've been editing one of these pages recently and wondered if you had any opinion about their merger? Thanks. Trilobitealive 03:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Not particularly, just reverting vandalism on an RC patrol. --SamMichaels 04:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: User page

Re your message: Yes, you seem to have picked up a "fan." It's an unfortunate thing that happens with being a RC patroller. Don't let it discourage you though. Keep up the good work. =) -- Gogo Dodo 18:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Re, vandalism on page yo yo

I am the individual who you sent a message to about vandalising the page on yoyos, In fact I was deleting a racist joke making an analogy between black people and yoyos, I am an inexprienced user of wikipedia, so I am not good at editing, if there was a official process for deleting vandalism, than i am sorry I did not know it existed and presumed the racist joke could be deleted on the spot. please pardon my error but I meant well, I would hope to avoid such trouble in the future. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.134.140.213 (talk) 19:05, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

Replied on your talk page. --SamMichaels 19:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Question about images...

Re your message: Well... there really is not speedy delete tag for spam images. I suspect you're referring to Image:Bigadvert.gif. That one actually had a bad license tag for it. It's not GFDL image since their webpage has a copyright tag on it. Best to post it and the other images at WP:IFD. -- Gogo Dodo 06:01, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

WCOJ

I was the one who removed the PROD tags, as they were deemed unnecessary. User:Bearcat and I removed tags from that about about 30 other stations that had been tagged. I am honestly not sure why it was tagged, but we did add some FCC linkage to all the tagged pages and tidy up any infobox (your's not included) as needed.

The WCOJ was one that we actually missed added a FCC link to. I will do that forthwith, but if you like to on any radio page you create, just add {{amq|WXXX}} for AM stations or {{fmq|WXXX}} for FM stations and you will get a link like this ‹The template AMQ is being considered for deletion.›  WCOJ in the FCC AM station database that will go directly to the respective FCC page.

Sorry about the confusion on the PROD tags, it has been taken care of. Take Care....SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Work)} 23:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks :) --SamMichaels 14:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Central Dauphin High School

Vandalism has picked up most recently on the page - I created the page in December 2005 - since then, I noticed last year there was a spike in vandalism around this time last year. Seems to be happening again this year. --myselfalso 03:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Senioritis I guess :) --SamMichaels 03:49, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Central Dauphin High School

Thanks for the suggestions for the music program for CD. I will be sure to research the exact achievments of the music program at CD to better the entry, as well as cite some sources. This may take some time. However, I am not sure if you are getting this message, so I posted this message on my talk site as well. If you could respond so I know you got this, that would be great! Thanks again! --Triple C (talk) 01:07, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia Pennsylvania

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Thanks and I hope you join up! Cbrown1023 talk 04:23, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use disputed for Image:Zdlogo.jpg

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FYI/Another wikipedia member tracked this bot and tagged all the images. I think the bot was blocked. --SamMichaels 19:19, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:WHYL_Channel_96_Fabulous_Fifty_Part_2.jpg

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FYI/Contacted user on his talk page. --SamMichaels 19:19, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:WHYL_Channel_96_Fabulous_Fifty_Part_1.jpg

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FYI/Contacted user on his talk page. --SamMichaels 19:19, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:WZUE billboard.jpg

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If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot (talk) 05:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

FYI/Added info. --SamMichaels (talk) 09:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Alleviat article's nomination for speedy deletion

I know I probably come across as a n00b. Sorry. I was a little surprised by the nomination for speedy deletion of my article about the forthcoming Benea Reach album Alleviat, considering I had just created it. I was just wondering if you could possibly help with making the article more notable or official. I believe that it is a notable album as it is the second release by a band nominated for the Spellemansprisn(the Norwegian Grammy, essentially). The article will be updated as more information becomes available. Feel free to comment me on my talk pageBineothan (talk) 04:03, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Reply on Bineothan's talk. --SamMichaels (talk) 05:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou for reviewing it. I had not heard of the upcoming album tag up untill now. I understand that alot of stuff gets put on here that doesn't need to be.Bineothan (talk) 00:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination for BitArmor

I saw your message about the speedy deletion nomination for the BitArmor article and have contested the nomination with the hangon tag and a note on the article talk page. The thing is I didn't see any db tags at the top of the article. (No complaints.:) Does this mean the article's nomination for speedy deletion has been removed?

Any suggestions on how to improve the article or better assert the subject's notability are appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afagelson (talk • contribs) 05:52, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

An administrator reviewed the CSD and determined an assumption of good faith should keep the article. Thanks for contributing. --SamMichaels (talk) 05:58, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

116.71.63.55

Hey Sam, this IP is shared or rather the ISP changes the IP every 30 minutes or an hour. Do take care, Snoring. 05:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by HumayunMirzajr (talk • contribs) 00:40, 4 August, 2008 (UTC)

This is in reference to what? Also, your signature is incorrect. --SamMichaels (talk) 16:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Personal Note

Hello Sam - I am unsure if this will just get removed or if you will actually receive some kind of communication that I have added this; however, I am an old friend from the Swamp Gas BBS days and, despite my best efforts, have only found this page to possibly be the most reliable way to get to you. If you do come across this, as I have seen you have not been active since 2007, please send me an e-mail at wesengott @ gmail.com I hope this reaches you and that you are the Sam Michaels that I once knew from days gone past. 98.111.113.105 (talk) 04:24, 4 January 2014 (UTC)Derrick

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