User talk:Flashpenny

Banjo-Kazooie

Regarding your contributions to the article, please keep in mind that the quiz show area and top of the lair are technically part of Gruntilda's Lair, rather than distinct worlds. Please also keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a guide, nor is it a place for original research. Feel free to contact me if you have any concerns. just64helpin (talk) 21:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

IMDB

IMDB is not a reliable source, and you did not even cite this "top ten climax" thing. Someone writing down their favourites on some message board is not important. Alientraveller (talk) 12:01, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Jeff Dunham

Hi. Please stop adding this information the Jeff Dunham article. Among the problems with it:

• Articles should summarize information, and not include an excessive amount of details or examples. The information on Walter's flatulence (especially when you mention it in both Walter and Achmed's sections), Jose's comments about Peanut's parents, etc., and the number of gags you attribuet to Achmed is just overkill.

• Material in articles need to be supported by reliable, verifiable sources cited in the text, and need to exhibit a Neutral Point of View, rather than a point of view of the editor adding it. It is unclear, for example, whether Melvin's hair merely fell off accidentally, or whether it's intended to be an actual wig of his that is incorporated into his character. Indicating an opinion on this is a violation of WP:NPOV. Whether Peanut's explicit references to his being a puppet means that the others do not know that they are puppets is a POV. That Bubba J is "arguably Jeff's most deranged puppet" is a POV. Jose, for example, indicates this knowledge at around the 8:12 mark of this video. Your perception of how Achmed pronounces "kill" is a POV.

• Material in articles needs to be factually accurate, yet a number of the statements and quotes you added are wrong. The comment by Sweet Daddy Dee, for example, is "You a dumb ho.", not "That makes you the stupid ho", yet you keep changing it. Bubba J said he did not use beer to extinguish the flames engulfing Santa because it would be a waste of beer, not because beer if flammable. Melvin did not indicate to have a strained relationship with most other superheroes, he simply wasn't impressed with their powers, and contracted a disease from Catwoman. His response to the Hulk's powers referenced "every white trash guy on COPS, not Republicans. You mention in the sections for to Sweet Daddy Dee and Melvin that Melvin appears in only one special. In fact, Melvin appeared in two. An early version of him with small, black, beedy eyes appeared in one special before the modified version with large, blue, crossed eyes in Spark of Insanity. Achmed does not say, "Half of them are ugly men!!!", he says, "There are some ugly-ass guys out there." It's inappropriate to use quotation marks if you cannot produce the exact quote. Dunham asks if the 72 virgins necessarily were to be female, not whether they were to be unattractive.

Other passages that touch upon these problems include: The manner in which Achmed achieved his current state is not a "mystery and frequent source of humor", as it was mentioned in just one joke in one special, and thus this statement is unsourced POV; The details about the Supreme Court Justice and the gas station do not appear in the televised version of Spark of Insanity. If they come from some other source, then it needs to be cited.

I've removed most of this material again, though I tried to retain some more detail than was in before as a compromise, but in a manner that is accurate, and more salient with respect to the characters. Please do not revert this without keeping WP:V, WP:BLP, WP:CS, and WP:NPOV in mind. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 03:40, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Regarding this edit, can you please stop adding this material to the article? As I stated above, other characters have made references to their being puppets. As for Achmed, the article should explain the characters' basic archetype, and provide a few examples that illustrate, not a huge list of all the gags Dunham uses. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 02:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Please stop adding POV material to the article, as you did with this edit. Whether Jose is the most mild-mannered, or whether the comment about hiring Achmed means they are unaware of his incompetence is a matter of POV. The fact that he exhibited one instance of incompetence doesn't mean he couldn't kill someone, and in touching upon this, we may be getting close to violating the Real-World perspective aspect of Wikipedia's Writing About Fiction policies. In addition, the excessive amount of detail you keep adding to Achmed's summary (as well as Walter's flatulence) goes way beyond a summarization of the character's basic traits, which is what articles are supposed to do, especially when you consider that Achmed's summary is already the largest of them. If you really insist on adding this stuff, then perhaps we'll have a consensus discussion on article's Talk Page if you like, and discuss it with other editors? Nightscream (talk) 00:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Well unless I'm mistaken (and I'm not) I'm pretty sure that a few months back the exact same info was posted on the page by someone else other than me (probably 6 months back). Besides I still think Achmed's fear of Walter should be included since it is in fact one of his most recurring jokes. Oh and just to let you know Melvin's summary is actually the longest on the page. --Flashpenny (talk) 21:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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I know it's you 24.46.117.40 FelixRodriguez (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, adding content without citing a reliable source, as you did to Jeff Dunham, is not consistent with our policy of verifiability. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources, please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:44, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Jeff Dunham. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:44, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

My Response

Actually for all fairness some of my edits are accurate. For example in that Banjo-Kazooie "mess-up" actually Gruntilda did say just before the player enters Grunty's Furnace Fun that it's another world. Also several fans (including myself) consider the final battle against Gruntilda it's own world since 1. You need to solve a jigsaw puzzle to gain entry and 2. The tune of the overworld theme changes which only happens when the player nears a world. Therefore the final battle may be debatable but the game itself does declare Furnace Fun an actual world.

With the Jeff Dunham edits can we at least include the edits I made that were accurate (e.g. Achmed's fear of Walter because of his horrid flatulence, Peanut being aware that he and his fellow dummies are in fact nothing more than puppets, etc.)

Zapp Brannigan

This is no place for fanfics. You know very well that Zapp doesn't go spiraling out into space when Kif punches him in The Beast with a Billion Backs, and that the only makes one or two non-speaking cameos in Bender's Game. Immblueversion (talk) 20:29, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

And Roberto's role is more like Denethor, Steward of Gondor. Immblueversion (talk) 20:33, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello there 24.46.117.40

I can see you've registered, User talk:24.46.117.40. I was hoping maybe you'd stop adding false information to that James Bond character page. Blue Danube (talk) 05:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Which one?--Flashpenny (talk) 20:38, 16 March 2009 (UTC)Flashpenny

Your edits to Tolkien (and other) articles

Could you please stop rewriting the Tolkien articles and adding, as far as can be seen, completely wrong information you seem to have thought up yourself. From the other comments on this page I assume that you are also doing this to other articles. If you have reason for these edits please give your sources, if not please cease adding your fiction to the articles. You can write these things as AU fanfiction on other sites, but not here in articles about the original material and its adaptions. ~ Winterwater (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

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