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Holiday Cheer[edit]
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Jim Garver[edit]
Number one, great WP:HEY work here. Number two, "Guitarist" is not a valid field for {{infobox musical artist}}. You wanted non_vocal_instrumentalist, which I've changed it to. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 00:35, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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February 2013 disambig contest.[edit]
Greetings! I'm giving a prize of up to a hundred dollars to the winner of the February 2013 disambiguation contest, and lesser prizes to the rest of the top four. Of course, the conditions of the contest will make it quite a challenge to win the full amount, but I hope to stimulate competitiveness with a little extra incentive. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:08, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I did a speedy delete of the page as it was very similar to the previous two deleted pages. Next time, you might want to try to do request a speedy delete in this type of case. However, hopefully you won't come across this type of case again. I also did a sockpuppet report at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Horizontal Law. Bgwhite (talk) 07:48, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
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DYK for Luigi's Flying Tires[edit]
 | On 23 March 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Luigi's Flying Tires, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Luigi's Flying Tires, a Disney California Adventure attraction that opened in 2012, is based on Disneyland's Flying Saucers ride of the 1960s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Luigi's Flying Tires. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:02, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Hotel Ritz[edit]
Hi Gongshow - I've cleared the dab pages for Hotel Ritz from Pooky Quesnel to the end of the list. I see our efforts have resulted in our meeting in the middle! PKT(alk) 17:04, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
How are things up there in Canada?[edit]
Hi. please tell me, I really want to know, why it is you believe that what other people refer to as an iron lung is what you refer to as an iron lung? Thought I would ask before going and undoing all your changes. Thanks in advance, Eddaido (talk) 03:39, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- Hi Eddaido - things are fine here, thanks for asking! I appreciate your making Iron Lung a disambiguation page; I agree with your reasoning for doing so. As I was going through articles that still linked to the Dab page, it seemed that negative pressure ventilator was the intended target (Tank respirator, Drinker respirator, and Emerson iron lung all go back to that page), but I'm certainly open to other interpretations and would be happy to collaborate with you. Cheers, Gong show 03:57, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- Mind if we stick with one page? I don't know enough about this subject except to see that everything is funnelled to one point, Negative pressure ventilator, which article I think does not give a balanced view and that is why I added the Globalize template there. Hence I was very upset to see what you have done! I think my concern was for readers to be able to see that whatever machine saved their life was not necessarily dreamed up, designed or made in Massachusetts (or Virginia). Are you a medical professional? Can you suggest a solution? Eddaido (talk) 04:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not a medical professional, but I share your desire to strive for a global perspective. For example, I think the Negative pressure ventilator article would greatly benefit by including information on the Both respirator, an Australian invention for which there appears to be evidence that it too has been referred to as an "iron lung". Currently, the Both respirator is only mentioned under the "See also" section; I propose merging the entire article (or at least the key points) into Negative pressure ventilator. I would also suggest expanding the "Invention and early use" section to include information on John Mayow (England), who is credited for coming up with idea of "external negative pressure ventilation" in 1670. What do you think? Gong show 05:04, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- In my sandbox, I've developed a test page of what I described above - incorporating the Both (Both-Nuffield) respirator into the main "Negative pressure ventilator" article. Compared to the current article, I think this updated version helps address the worldview concerns. Your feedback would be appreciated. Gong show 06:54, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
- Mind if we stick with one page? I don't know enough about this subject except to see that everything is funnelled to one point, Negative pressure ventilator, which article I think does not give a balanced view and that is why I added the Globalize template there. Hence I was very upset to see what you have done! I think my concern was for readers to be able to see that whatever machine saved their life was not necessarily dreamed up, designed or made in Massachusetts (or Virginia). Are you a medical professional? Can you suggest a solution? Eddaido (talk) 04:11, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
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Proposal: topic ban for Jax 0677 regarding templates[edit]
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