User talk:Red Slash/Archive7

Sundown town[edit]

It looks like we have a user who made some fairly major changes to the sundown town article. Here they are. Could you take a look? I'm a bit iffy as to how I feel about them. It's still relying very heavily on one source. Not sure it's a great idea to reword it like it was. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 05:34, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd tend to agree with you. Even if you treat the book as gospel (and I do for the most part), you still need other sources as well. As I've said all along, even the author states that this isn't completely verifiable. It's not as if we are ever going to find an official ordinance in these towns. And we have found that there are other sources, such as the cnn.com article about Vidor, Texas. --User:Woohookitty ^{Diamming fool!} 05:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Meetup/Seattle6, a focus group[edit]

Hello. I'm part of a research group at the University of Washington (Seattle campus), and my group is reaching out to Wikipedians in the Puget Sound area. We're hosting a focus group designed to gather information on what Wikipedians would like to know about each other when interacting on Wikipedia. Our end goal is to create an embedded application that helps people quickly know more about others' history and activity on Wikipedia, and we feel our design will be much more useful if it's based on insights of users like you.

I'm hoping that the chance to help out local researchers, to engage in lively face-to-face discussion with other Seattle Wikipedians, and to contribute to Wikipedia in a new way will entice you to join us. The session lasts 2 hours and snacks are provided - one is April 8 (Wednesday) starting at 6 pm and the other is April 18 (Saturday) starting at 10 am. (Sessions will be held on UW Seattle campus - directions will be sent after registration.) Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

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How Do You Sleep?[edit]

The John Lennon song is clearly primary and it should not have been moved. You should move it back. — John Cardinal (talk) 01:24, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved How Do You Sleep? (John Lennon song) back to How Do You Sleep?. While Wikipedia encourages editors to be WP:Bold, it should be understood that the contents must reflect the likely requirements of its readership. Lennon's song is and has been a notable record since it's recording in the 1970's, and is familiar outside of those who are fans of the Beatles, Lennon or McCartney or were simply alive in the 60's/70's. To disambig it to a page with one other article, another song released in 2009 by someone who has not yet established themselves on a parity with the other artist is just a little too... bold. Anyone searching for the Jesse McCartney track will find it easily enough via the search box, or from the Lennon song article. I suggest in future when faced with a situation like this you find consensus first. LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:57, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your comments to LessHeard vanU (talk · contribs), the John Lennon song is quite notable. The article isn't very good, but that isn't relevant to this discussion. The song was part of a contentious debate between Lennon and McCartney and was the subject of widespread debate and discussion. Nearly 40 years later, the article page still gets thousands of hits per month, and the song is discussed in new books every year. (The latest I've seen is Philip Norman's John Lennon - The Life (2008) where the song is discussed for multiple pages.) Right now, a few month's after its release, the Jesse McCartney song is popular. The question is, will it still be a topic of interest a year or two from now? Perhaps it will, but we should wait and see. — John Cardinal (talk) 20:46, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 Election Need Your Feedback[edit]

I noticed you were a regular editor on the 2008 election page. Myself and other editors are odds on some edits we are trying to make to the page. Since you have already been involved in probably similar discussion, we would greatly appreciate hearing your feedback on the 2012 election discussion page under the Republicans and Ruled Out discussions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Republicans.3F

David1982m (talk • contribs) 20:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC).[reply]

The Article Rescue Squadron Newsletter (September 2009)[edit]

RfD nomination of Mainstream Chart[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of List of Crayola crayon colors[edit]

I have nominated List of Crayola crayon colors, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Crayola crayon colors. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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Unreferenced BLPs[edit]

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RfD nomination of "Microsoft Hearts"[edit]

question[edit]

I saw you created a redirect of Hait to Haiti. I looked to see if it had any incoming links. It had none. I couldn't figure out why you redirected Hait to Haiti.

If it had incoming links I would have created a disambiguation page.

I created a new article on a location in Tajikistan, called Hait. I thought I would let you know.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 20:44, 7 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer[edit]

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the Public Policy Initiative Assessment Team wants You![edit]

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Amazed[edit]

Your addition to the article was incorrect and original research. The sheet music book I have says that the song's entirely in A-flat. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 19:35, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

When the chords in the chorus are D flat, A flat, B flat minor, and G flat, the chorus quite simply is either in non-Ionian mode or it's just in D flat. I'm certainly not going to revert you, of course. But what you should know is that the chorus is in D flat, whether the sheet music marks the key change by changing the signature or just puts in a bunch of accidentals. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 00:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of The Ungrateful Dead[edit]

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Template:=)[edit]

Seeing as you changed the smiley for the template, maybe it'd be nice to make another parameter that allows people to use the old smiley as well. Just in case they prefer the old one. Bramble claw x 01:45, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted the smiley change -apart from being IMHO aesthetically much worse, it doesn't follow the theme of the other smileys triggered by the other parameters. Perhaps developing an alternative theme for the smiley template could be an idea. --Cyclopia ^talk 18:23, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Pd-us-gov listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Template:Pd-usgov listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Official language(s) of New Mexico[edit]

I've started a discussion here that you may be interested in. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 01:40, 15 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! There's new info at the discussion at Talk:New_Mexico#Official_languages WhisperToMe (talk) 09:02, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Central Florida Research Park[edit]

Can you please explain your moving of the article Central Florida Research Park to Research Park. --Nemesis63 (talk) 15:15, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. The name "Research Park" was untaken and it's essentially the only name I've ever heard for that area. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 03:50, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to violate the "Recognizability," "Precision" and "Consistency" principles of Wikipedia:Article titles. Articles are to be named using their proper and common name, which without any argument is certainly "Central Florida Research Park." Please discuss. --Nemesis63 (talk) 06:28, 17 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I looked around and it appears that you're right. Feel free to revert anytime. Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 05:12, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Hearts (Windows) for deletion[edit]

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