User talk:Turbulent Radish

Latin Abbreviations

A place for people to comment on the table I compiled. It isn't intended to be comprehensive, just list the ones that are both common and useful. Turbulent Radish 13:59, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

• I think the list you have compiled is generally okay. Personally, I'd only advocate using e.g. and i.e., and occasionally cf. (which you've not included). Latinate terms such as ibid and et al are not ideal for referencing use on Wikipedia, though that doesn't mean they can't be used. Happy editing, --Cyberjunkie | Talk 14:13, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
• Looks great. Please eliminate the first two columns. --Tysto 14:20, 2005 August 9 (UTC)

Lithuania

Thanks for the cleanup of the article on Lithuania. Halibutt 01:32, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

Serkland

Serkland is not a word used in the English language and does not belong in a dictionary. It is a name given by medieval Scandinavians to a region in the world, just like Vinland and Gardariki. Why don't you want to move Vinland to wictionary as well?--Wiglaf 07:02, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Think you deserve one of these...

For all the work you have done in sorting stubs, especially writer stubs, I, Grutness award you this Working Man's Barnstar. Wear it with pride. 01:56, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

After your work on the writer stubs, I think you deserve one of these...

Lally Katz

I note you added an 'unsourced' tag to Lally Katz. This page looks to me like vanity. Did you consider posting for deletion? Wanted to hear any thoughts you had before I did so. Obina 22:58, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Follow up: Bug report

I am attempting to organise WP:BUG. You filed a bug report concerning wikilinks showing external links icons. May I ask, does the problem persist? -- Ec5618 13:32, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

UK at Torino

Thanks for your edit on that article. Sometimes it is good to be bold. I think that my problem as an editor is that I try to fix an error minimally, to respect the previous author's intent but there are times that reworking it in a better way, like you did, would be a more profitable solution. I'm sure that I was being a bit stubborn but I haven't come across a situation like that on WP before. Let's hope your edit holds up. Thanks again. --JGGardiner 17:38, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:Final Fantasy stub

I've speedied it. I'll happily nominate you for admin, but I'm a little worried about the "reluctanty" bit. I'd rather not nominate you unless you're sure you want this... let me know. Grutness...wha? 01:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

well, have a think about it for a while. You will get dragged into non-stub admin work if you're an admin, but it would be useful for you to be an admin. The offer of nomination's there if you decide to say yes :) Grutness...wha? 05:38, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Aegean Park Press

Thanks for updating the entry - guess one person can't know all the stubs and categories! Autarch 19:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Recommendation to merge Ålesund Fire with Ålesund

Since you made the original recommendation for merger of Ålesund Fire with Ålesund, I'd ask you return there, read the comments, and if willing, delete the recommendation. If unwilling to delete the merge recommendation, please add some thoughts so we can discuss further. Thanks - Williamborg 16:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Your original proposal to merge resulted in a substantial improvement to Ålesund Fire, so it served a valuable purpose. Appreciate your retraction. cheers - Williamborg 20:50, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Categories and subcategories

Thanks for your response to my questions about the categorization of literary critics. I believe most or all of the critics in the main category could very easily fit in one of the subcategories "by Nationality." I could move each critic into his/her appropriate nation pretty easily. But would this be a useful enterprise? One of my concerns is that these sub-categories are kind of "buried" further into the category page. You have to click on the link to Literary critics by nationality in order to just see the list of nationalities, let alone a list of the critcs.

I know this is very small issue, but suppose someone wants to research a large number of literary critics from around the world. Shouldn't there be one central list that shows all notable literary critics? It may make them easier to find. The researcher may not know or care what nation the critics happen to come from.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 00:09, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:US-singer-stub

You can't use an image of Elvis on a template, nor can you license File:Elvis template.gif as public domain. Elvis' estate owns the rights to his likeness. --FuriousFreddy 01:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Someone does indeed need to tell them. --FuriousFreddy 23:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Argentina-sport-stub

I'm sorry you took my edits this way. In The voting I count 1 keep, 1 move and 1 delete, since I understand your answer to my vote as a comment and not as a vote itself. That I call no consensus, specially considering the low number of votes. I did what I thought right after 8 days of voting, but if you think this should go to stub for deletion for a third time, at least don't call me self-centered. Mariano(t/c) 10:38, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Edit summaries.

I see you didn't feel like waiting the hole 7 days and already started changing the taggin of the Argentine sportspeople. Please, don't forget to fill in the edit summary when making changes to the articles. Mariano(t/c) 12:10, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

David Wood

Hi,

I merged the histories at David Wood (actor), as you requested. Best wishes, Xoloz 19:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

S-mil

Hi, nice idea. It looks better, I think. Thanks for the notice. Greetings Phoe 20:35, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Merge notice

Hi there, you placed a merge notice on Naas some time back, suggesting Church of Our Lady & St. David be merged into the article. I think this is a reasonable suggestion - if the town article were to grow too big, it would make more sense to create a sub-article about all the churches in Naas. However, I suspect the need for this is quite low unless we suddenly have an influx of editors from Naas.

The thing is, the notice has been there so long without action, perhaps this merge should just be done now without hesitation?

I've left a similar comment on Talk:Naas.

zoney ♣ talk 10:40, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Politeness

I noticed your comments at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science#xx-stub and at Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion. I agree with Allan McInnes, but since you didn't respond to him and since there's a good chance you aren't monitoring that page for responses, I'm posting here with a similar message: Please learn to be nice. Not only did you post your thoughts in a very abrasive way, you didn't look into the matter to find out the facts first, either. In case you didn't read Allan's post: those stubs weren't created by WikiProject Computer Science, nor were their creations even discussed on the Project's talk page. If you're truly concerned about seeing WikiProjects un-disrupted, please try to be more friendly in the future, and try not to assume the worst about others when you discover something you don't like. -- – Zawersh 23:16, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Jonathan Skinner

Just as a little note, I reverted two of your category additions for Jonathan Skinner: in Baptism, ministers are not seen as religious leaders, only as worship leaders. Also, many dislike the word clergy and don't use it for ministers.

Thanks for adding him the the category of British writers. Abbyemery 12:07, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Jonathan Skinner

Yes, but he's not only notable for religion, he writes on scientific issues also (and not all of them are related to religion). Abbyemery 16:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)