User talk:Samuel Blanning/February2006

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Thank you...

Thanks for experimenting with the page Voting in Switzerland on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Malthusian (talk) 10:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for noticing me. In future I will only use the sandbox for my contributions. It was me, User:Keimzelle who did the silly change, and because I just had a pause between two lectures I forgot to log in or to make a proper edit.--Keimzelle 11:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About Homo erectus

That wasn't even me. I left the computer for a few seconds and a buddy of mine thought it would be funny to edit the title of the article. He failed to edit it, so I tried to show him how to. Then realised, I didn't know how to edit titles either anyway. Dali 15:41, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad cartoons

We disagree -- I'm not sure I understand the rule that says a) we 'have to place the image at the top of the article, and b) that we don't need consensus from editors in order to do so. Would sure love to see these WP rules if you've got access to them. Peace, BYT 21:57, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify -- you're saying that the place where the image "belongs" is based on what "seems entirely logical" to you personally, rather than on the consensus of the editors working on the page. Have I got that right? BYT 22:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've laid them out at some length on the talk page. BYT 22:22, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of Speedy Deletion tag

Hi. Of course I was not offended.Rather,I thank you for bringing it to my notice that I did not improve the article Kolkata neighbourhoods.I have started to modify the article and hope to add more info soon.This kind of tagging are necessary for the betterment of small articles,in particular, and of Wikipedia,in general. Thank you. Ciao--Dwaipayanc 10:11, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rabbit and Chicken

Sorry to bother you.You are right... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Guzuta (talk • contribs) .

Vandalsim

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Gorilla. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.49.241.140 (talk • contribs) .

USA page

Look, I am trying to spead a message here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.251.32.154 (talk • contribs) .

Sorry :D

Yeah, sorry if it's unsuitable. The truth is that I was one of the persons involved in that creepy incident. I tried so hard to find official sources for that story, but no one is willing to let out info about it. The only true "evidence" I have is that newspaper clipping. I guess it's some sort of taboo :P Please, go ahead and delete it. I'll be more careful in the future. Usually, I don't create new pages, I like to update existing ones.

Yeah, rejecting Sleepwalker was lame, but some good may have come out of it as Eurovision songs are generally considered to be nothing more than a regular pop hit everyone forgets after a month. I'm also frustrated about the news that has recently surfaced on their official website. Damn that Marcello! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Halliwell3 (talk • contribs) .

Yeah, I'd second that on band managers. I'm really sad as to how this entire situation turned out, I never expected Tarja to be like this (if she even has a say in this, that mafia-dude is kinda scary). I remember I was an active part of the Marcello-holics thread on the NW discussion forum, a thread which was just a joke with altered NW lyrics and I Photoshop'ed some Marcello images. We got closed eventually, but hey, we got 8 pages or something :D —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Halliwell3 (talk • contribs) .

Hmm, opinions on the Marcello-holics topic was mixed, but in general, people liked it. It got closed mainly cause of spam, not because it was so unserious. I saw someone mention it earlier today in the topic about the mafia-dude trying to postpone the DVD, that made we feel all warm and fuzzy :P Maybe it seems silly to some, but it was fun at the moment when we did it ^^ Halliwell3 01:39, 5 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Showers

LOL! Nice one over on AfD. That "Josh" character was one of the most distasteful trolls to come down the pike in a long time. - Lucky 6.9 04:04, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My sincere apology

It was User:UtherSRG who kept reverting the picture to face off the page. I've also posted an apology on the Gorilla discussion page. I'm so sorry, and thank you for politeness and your understanding of my mistake. All those darned edits confused me! Cheerio — Tenebrae 19:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

re User pedo

I've listed it under WP:TFD (and not speedy deletion) mainly because I think community agreement on protecting the page from recreation is necessary and more likely to come about at TFD. Thanks for your help tho! Mikkerpikker ... 12:31, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cosplayfucks

I will admit that this is likely a political minefield. However, I'm hoping that i can write the article in such a fashion as to thoroughly convey *both* sides of the spectrum, and cut way down on revenge edits. Granted, the fandom is full of immature people; but here's to hoping. (if it does take off despite my best efforts to maintain fairness, then i'll have no objections to pulling the plug.) Thanks! Hiroe 17:00, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Welcome

I noticed on the recent TfD you said "This is a very useful template, if for nothing else to use as a subst: starting point for people making their own personalized welcome templates." I'd like to make my own version of the welcome template - specifically, I think six links at once is overwhelming, so would like to add a brief description of each one's use and emphasise that they can always ask me or someone else instead of scouring them - but are personalized welcome templates allowed in template space - I've already made the mistake of creating an inappropriate template fork - or do they have to be copied and pasted from outside? I notice there are already 4 different wordings of the welcome message. --Malthusian (talk) 15:19, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Making more templat forks of this in Template: space might not be helpful to the project, what many editors (myself included) is make a sub userpage for a personal welcome message, subst:'ing it in to others when needed e.g. {{subst:User:Xaosflux/welcome}} ~~~~. xaosflux ^Talk/_CVU 02:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist

You've now been added to my watch list. I'll be thoroughly checking over every single edit and comment you make. Every time you insert opinion or POV your work will be deleted immediately and without warning. I hope you enjoy the rest of your time on the Wikipedia. 13:48, 9 February 2006 (UTC)~GreatBarrington

Sockputter

It's you who are the vandal and you who deserves to be block for being a bully/asshole! Leave me alone! GreatBarrington 13:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)GreatBarrington[reply]

please stop removing

please stop removing my perfectly adequate contributions to wikipedia. wikipedia is not a vehicle for promoting your own idiosincrasies and preconceived notions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.182.27.51 (talk • contribs) .

*laughs* "World's Leading Anal Satire Site" is "perfectly adequate", shyeah. rodii 17:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Basil Rathbone

You are correct in thinking that there is a problem. His first two edits of the Freemasonry article were to insert patent nonsense and were appropriately reverted as Wikipedia:Vandalism. I was considering advocating for him, but I read his posting history, and posted a warning to him about his vandalism, which has apparently been deleted. The Masonic editors think that he may be a sockpuppet for Lightbringer, who is banned from Masonic articles. Robert McClenon 19:37, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:VAND#Types of vandalism, item 16, is removal of warnings from your talk page. I noticed your mention of this on Guy's talk page, and thought this information might be helpful. KillerChihuahua^?!? 19:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. In that case, he has done two kinds of vandalism. The warnings that I posted were about edits to Freemasonry that were nonsense. Robert McClenon 19:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Gastrich Question

What is meant by the Jason Gastrich fiasco? I am aware that Jason Gastrich is a disruptive Christian fanatic who is the subject of a user conduct RfC. Robert McClenon 19:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. There was some comment that seemed to suggest that Jimbo had something to do with the fiasco. As long as he stays on his own talk page and in a walled garden, he is essentially benign. (That does not mean harmless. It is a medical term used with respect to non-malignant tumors.) If he engages in personal attacks elsewhere, it will be a matter of time before someone files an RfAr. I do not plan to do that, because I currently have a gun-and-camera contract on a different troll. Robert McClenon 20:01, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hampshire

You're in Hampshire? I grew up in north Hampsire. Anyway, if you had not seen it already, I put my thoughts about greatbarrington and theblacklarl on my talk page. David D. (Talk) 20:33, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genito-cranial autofellatio

Go suck yourself, dickhead —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.219.191.146 (talk • contribs) .

TKs 4 the answer

to tell the trutj I found some minutes ago your english page for deletion, but I still havent found "your votation page".

My tiny problem is that they are voting for deleting Parthenofobia that in the italian wiki si written so:

In Psicologia, la Parthenofobia è(is) una(an) anomala(not normal) e(and) persistente paura (fear) delle(of) vergini o delle ragazze(girls) giovani(young).
Si tratta di una fobia ingiustificata di cui soffrono i pazienti maschi; eventualmente associata a sindrome di inferiorità e paura del passare del tempo o paura di invecchiare.
Si configura come patologia persistente e non proporzionata all'età della donna o alla differenza di età presente nella coppia.

Somebody says the reason for deleting is "WND" Wikipedia is not a dictionary (used when there are short description)

My Humble Opinion is that in english it is just an essential (shorter than italian) "In psychology, Parthenophobia refers to an abnormal and persistent fear of virgins or young girls." And NObody has nothing to say. ;) Thus the english wiki is better and more free.

I'm angry because you can still have all your articles and nobody runs to delete interesting pages that in italy can't resist "5 minutes".

I stop myself. and it is better so. I'm not so free to speak in our "italian pages". Goodbye.. and goodnight (here 21.55) --Fragolino75 21:03, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Accidental removal of your comment

I'd just like to confirm that my removal of your Help Desk comment was an accident. Sorry 'bout that. :) --Ashenai 21:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Great Library of Earth and Sky

Thanks for the heads-up, I'm a little new to Wiki. Please feel free to recheck my article, as I have edited it to reflect your input. Please feel free to also check out the rest of the Library.--Ninty 11:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, just read your message on my talk page, yes I intend to create pages for each creature over time, but I'll bear in mind what you said about shorter descriptions - probably write a few short lines on the actual creature list. And its not a walled garden, I will take down any reference to myself in the intro ASAP.--Ninty 11:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
After reading all the comments on my talk page, I have decided to scrap the library and instead use simple alphabetised lists ("Animals of the Edge Chronicles" etc). Thank you for your healthy criticism. This being my first venture into Wiki, I kinda guessed I'd make glaringly obvious mistakes, but I intend to learn from them (:

P.S. Please feel free to delete all the library subsections, but could you wait until at least tomorrow to give me time to copy the info. Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ninty (talk • contribs) .

oh go ahead

Oh, go ahead and dogpile... it's a three dog night here anyway and there's a blizzard coming... but no, its OK for you to comment regardless, and yeah, duh, I was a little over the top... grrrr I guess I was hmmm... I dunno, pissed at the guy I guess, but yeah, what you said. Herostratus 07:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

de:Regierungserklärung

Thanks. Very nicely done. — Itai (talk) 15:11, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Practice/practise

Your edit summary on your last revert of Brokeback Mountain is not correct. The two are simply variant spellings; both are correct. 17:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Exploding Boy (talk • contribs) .

Patricia Kaas

Lovely. You're an awesome translator. Thank you so much. --IvanP/(болтай) 19:35, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

German words

Gallerthülle is apparently jelly coat in English [1]
de:Mittelgebirge is difficult; it means a mountain range that isn't too high. "Low mountains", perhaps?
Oberrheinebene is here translated "Upper Rhine Plain". Sounds good to me. Angr/talk 17:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I saw your post on Angr's talk page. There is a stub I created for the Upper Rhine River Plains under Regions of Germany. I've thought about Mittelgebirge too. I think the most appropriate translation would be something like "intermediate ~~range~~ mountain range". Keep up the good work. --Mmounties 18:29, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I replied about Gelbbauchunke on the Germ-Engl trans page. Adam Mathias 18:40, 14 February 2006 (UTC) I get now why it said "urtuemlich" in quotes: go to archaeobatrachia and it'll be clear in an instant. Nothing makes up for knowing the subject! Adam Mathias 22:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dornier 328

Looks fine. I noticed that in most places it says 32 passengers but one says 33. The specification box says 30-33. Not sure how to deal with that.

While not a part of that article, I wonder if it is worthw creating an article on FairchildDornier. Fairchild Dornier redirects to Fairchild which does not really say much about the new company except that it was taken over by Dornier GmbH. Dornier Flugzeugwerke, the redirect from Dornier GmbH says it was taken over by Fairchild. Both of those statements can not be true.

Thanks for cleaning that up. Vegaswikian 19:25, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RfAr Gastrich

Mal, just so we don't duplicate efforts, I'm collecting the NPA, CIVIL, etc stuff and JzG's collecting the sock and meat puppet stuff. Thanks. Jim62sch 18:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks!

Thank you!
Hello Samuel Blanning/February2006, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux ^Talk

hmm

I replied to your question on the help desk. --Malthusian (talk) 09:29, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hi, thanks for responding. however, this is different. this isnt about lue, its about lue 2, something totally different. and also, how close am i to being perma banned?

thanks for responding... 10:26, 17 February 2006 (UTC)Nick727kcin

Unless I'm missing something, LUE 2 doesn't meet WP:WEB anymore than LUE 1 did. I expect the 'history' of the forum you were talking about at the help desk is also unverifiable by anyone who isn't a forum member themselves.

As for blocking, I don't think you need worry as long as you're willing to learn how to make good contributions to Wikipedia (and a lot of it is trial and error). The full policy is here, but in a nutshell, repeatedly inserting unencyclopaedic information after being warned not to will get you a block, generally for 24 hours. Continuing after the block generally leads to longer blocks. Accounts are only permanently blocked if they are continually used for vandalism and very little else. --Malthusian (talk) 10:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Jordan

I'm perfectly aware of Wikipedias neutral-point-of-view policy. But that still doesn't change the fact that Michael Jordan is the greatest ever. That's a fact. It's not an opinion. He has the greatest number of accolades any sports person has ever had. If that's not obvious I don't know what is... Why are people so affraid of saying he's the greatest. You won't hurt anybodies feelings you know... ;-) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.52.169.158 (talk • contribs) .

If the article doesn't mention that he has more awards than any other player, or doesn't give it enough prominence, feel free to mention that. However, skill is subjective, and we can't unequivocally say that someone is the best ever. 'Considered by many' gets the point across as best we can while sticking to the known facts.

Thanks for taking the time to discuss your changes, but I do have to warn you that if you make the same edit a fourth time you will be blocked under the three revert rule. But feel free to go to the article's talk page and discuss your version of the introduction there. If you can get a consensus that your version is better, then that'll be the version Wikipedia will use. --Malthusian (talk) 01:30, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well you say that skills are subjective. If a person collects awards for his defensive and offensive skills every single season he plays... I mean... Maybe I'm just being dumb. ;-) --84.52.169.158 01:42, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The people giving him those awards are also making subjective judgements about his skill :-) --Malthusian (talk) 01:49, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tepui; Good job

Great contribution on the Tepui article. Keep it up. Cheers. --Anagnorisis 18:14, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Mediation

A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee in regard to the article Societal attitudes towards homosexuality. Mediation Committee procedure requires that all parties to a mediation be notified of the meditaion, and indicate an agreement to mediate within fourteen days. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation#Societal attitudes towards homosexuality, and indicate your agreement or refusal to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation or contact a member of the Mediation Committee. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lou franklin (talk • contribs) .

I have taken the case of Societal attitudes towards homosexuality and will be the mediator. Before mediation can begin, we will need to decide on a mode of communication. We can either do this on the wiki at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Societal attitudes towards homosexuality, or we can discuss it off-site using e-mail or IRC. Please indicate your preference at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/Societal attitudes towards homosexuality. Thank you. —Guan aco 04:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Hi Malthusian,

Just a quick note to express my thanks for your support of my RfA. It is always nice when someone agrees with the point(s) you are trying to make - hopefully I've cleared up my views on copyright on my user page!

Anyway, as it stands I'll need a few more supporting votes to get through the 75% barrier, but either way your support has been greatly appreciated.

Regards, DJR (Talk) 11:59, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reservist

Great work, will add Finland myself. Hopefully you got the ball in motion :) Scoo 16:56, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Simons

I checked the history of the Walter Simons article, and saw that it was a biographical article before that IP user hijacked it. I've reverted to the last good version.--Drat (Talk) 18:34, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, we all make mistakes. Also, it seems that user has finally got the hint.--Drat (Talk) 19:06, 19 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Protestation at Speyer

Wow, that was quick. I only asked for it a couple of days ago! Thank you. You took care of one of the red links in my articles. It's very much appreciated. --Mmounties 03:15, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look at it and see if I can't come up with the rest of it. Religious subjects aren't my forte but I'll give it a try. Between us we should be able to figure it out. --Mmounties 03:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had another go, translating as much as I could and leaving the remaining German words in bold. I'm still no closer to understanding the sentence about what they're helening. --Malthusian (talk) 09:24, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pillow fight club

hello, its interesting to me that many Delete voters seem to view Wikipedia as a scare resource (credibility, space?). I am new to this stuff, and have read the Deletion guidelines, and understand the New Research point, and also the Not a Newspapaer point. Its the emotion of "scarcity" I read in the posts. Curious about that in a form that philosophically thrives on "abundance & collaboration". Practical question: looking at PFC article at its worst (promotion), how big a problem is this on Wikipedia? Thanks for any responses.--dr elys jimenez 04:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mediation closed

I have closed the mediation case because I don't think continuing it would be productive. Further discussion can take place at Talk:Societal attitudes towards homosexuality. —Guan aco 05:32, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thanks for your vote

My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future.
Martyman - 09:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For reverting my userpage vandalism and the other edits by 210.10.190.46 ~ Butros 11:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. --Malthusian (talk) 11:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template talk:Infobox Swiss town

Hi, if you could help me get larger fonts implemented on the swiss town info boxes and place a post on this page under the small font size item (or something almost like it) I'd really, really appreciate it. Thanks already for your help. --Mmounties 18:27, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the proposed change, but it doesn't really have anything to do with me, everyone on the talk page seems to concur, and the template isn't protected, so I don't think you need my help right now :-). Will be glad to weigh in if it becomes controversial though. --Malthusian (talk) 19:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the offer. I'm amazed at the response I got to my cry for help. Thanks. :) --Mmounties 22:27, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry and Thanks :)

Thanks for doing all the corrections.--Kukoo 10:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: "Stubs"

Concerning the link, did you mean fr:Chroniques du bout du monde? Yeah, I've been copy-pasting all my "external links" bits from thje main Edge Chronicles article, it was in there, I didn't know what for, I'll get onto deleting them.

P.S. thanks for that fantasy stub heads-up!--Ninty 21:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not the last!

Hi,

I too am from Bath (and before that, Chippenham), though I now live in Melbourne. I do like your user name, as I am a huge fan of Malthus. I hope you find the following of interest. If not, please ignore me and delete it.

My interest in Malthus lies less in his theories on economics, and more in his Principle of Population. I have an entire website devoted to exploring Malthus' theory:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/exponentialist/index.htm

There are two basic problems with Malthus' theory, and they are both mathematical:

1. He proposes "geometric growth" (exponential growth) as a universal law of population growth for all species (not just Mankind, as most people suppose), yet he then argues that food grows "arithmetically" (linear growth). This is a logical contradiction, as all food grows in populations! Thus, the simplest "correction" of the Malthusian universal law of population growth is to assume that all populations of all species are subject to "geometric growth". Any mismatches between population and food supply can then be seen as mismatches in food production and food consumption.

2. However, if exponential growth requires a constant rate of growth (and all definitions say that it does) then it is clear that no population of any species ever grows exponentially. The proof is simple, as any population of any size would fairly rapidly outweigh the Earth in a very short timeframe if subject to any positive rate of exponential growth. Thus, all exponential growth for all species is only ever temporary.

The idea that populations grow exponentially (at a constant rate) is on the one hand recognised as true by scientists from all fields (Dawkins, Hawkings, Sagan, Asimov, Clarke, Mayr, Albert Bartlett, K. Eric Drexler, Marshall T Savage etc) and on the hand hand rejected as naive, or only an approoximate universal law of nature (Dawkins again, Cohen, James Trefil, Julian Simon, Bjorn Lomborg, Michael Kelly etc).

The solution is simple. The current Malthusian Growth Model is based on fixed rate compound interest (= constant rate exponential growth). However, variable rate compound interest is just as powerful. It turns out that all populations of all species (and thus food too) grow via variable rate compound interest.

Oddly, rather than see this a a growth model in its own right, scientists leap from one failed growth model (the Malthusian) to another - the Logistic Growth Model (which has failed repeatedly).

To understand how populations behave when subject to a variable rate compound interest growth model, imagine some weighing scales. Now read my Scales of 70 and my Scales of e.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/exponentialist/The_Scales_Of_70.htm

http://members.optusnet.com.au/exponentialist/The_Scales_Of_e.htm

The former is an approximation of how populations halve and double, whilst the latter is a true universal law of nature that accurately explains how populations halve and double.

The idea that populations grow via temporary periods of exponential growth, all strung together, now makes perfect sense. Take our global population, for example. Each year represents a temporary period of constant rate exponential growth. Yet take a century of such growth (at varying rates) and it cannot strictly be said to be growing exponentially. This is clearly a logical contradiction, as each year the population is growing exponentially!

Thus, if all exponential growth (at a constant rate) is only ever temporary, that is the same as saying that all exponential growth is a result of variable rates of growth.

As an economist, you might prefer my articles exposing errors in the use of the exponential method by the OECD, the World Bank, and the US Census Bureau:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/exponentialist/Exponential%20Method.htm

Regards,

David Coutts - The Exponentialist (the New Malthusian)

Thanks for the links, but I'm taking a year out from university and have sworn to abstain from thinking about economic theory for the duration ;-). But it's good to see an expert on this sort of thing contributing to Wikipedia. --Malthusian (talk) 16:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would you like to help prep Sanssouci for FAC?

Hi Last Malthusian, I've promised User:Trebor27trebor to help him turn the red links in this very good article into blue links. That's pretty much the only thing that's keeping the article from having a chance at becoming a FAC. I've asked him to list the needed articles on the Sanssouci Talk page so that we can share the work. He's completed the list and I thought it would be terrific if you'd decide to take part in the effort and help us with one or two of them. What do you say? --Mmounties (Talk) 04:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping. If you know others who might be willing and able to help, please pass the word around. I'm still pretty new here and don't have that many contacts yet. Thanks again. --Mmounties (Talk)

22:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Short list

I changed the stub because the old one reinforced the peculiar notion that the article used to contain that "short list" was a political term. Well, in that case so are "lie", "cheat", "bribe", etc., as those are also used in political contexts — but it would be odd to tag those as politics stubs. I can't find a correct stub, hence my unusual course of the plain {{stub}}. If you know of a stub for something with such a wide range of uses as "short list", that would be great. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, I guess I don't. Apart from {{vocab-stub}}, but that's for borderline dicdefs, which the article isn't close to being. --Malthusian (talk) 16:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Ronald Richter

I never stated that Richter's promises are true, if you look at Talk:Ronald Richter you'll quickly discover why I'm reverting changes. --OneEuropeanHeart 00:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, it doesn't give me the faintest idea. It tells me that you're reverting the removal of an unsourced, outwardly bizarre statement because it's 'vandalism', but not why it's vandalism and not a content dispute. You must admit that to an outside viewer that statement appears rather ridiculous, especially when unsourced and disputed by another editor. Luckily, another editor emailed me to explain why the milk bottle stuff is actually true, and I've added the source he gave me to the article.

Also, I'm disturbed by your statement on Talk:Ronald Richter that edits by any editors will be reverted. It directly contravenes WP:OWN. --Malthusian (talk) 00:42, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Finally, I've reinserted the anon's request for a source on the talk page, and replied to him. It was a legitimate concern and it's now been addressed. I don't clearly understand what the history is between you and this anon, since the email that was sent to me only obscured the issue further, but it doesn't particularly matter. Other editors may come across the talk page's history, and they will be bemused by the removal of a request for sources with the unilluminating edit summary 'rv vandalism'. --Malthusian (talk) 00:54, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Kim Kelly (curler)

Thanks for changing the stub. I looked through the list of Canadian stubs (for sports, curling etc) but I couldn't find anything that fit, so I just left it as a generic stub.--Anchoress 02:09, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is an archive of former discussions. Please do not edit it. If you wish to revitalize an old topic, bring it up on the active talk page.

Filipino actor articles

Hey, after that abortive AfD, I've decided to be a little more systematic. Here's a list of every stub I originally lumped in the batch AfD. I'm going through them one at a time. As you do seem to have some interest in these stubs, I thought you would appreciate the heads up. ;) Proto||type 14:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very little. I honestly don't care whether most of them get deleted or not - when I nominated Baby Zobel I had little idea what a drop in the ocean that would turn out to be. Rogelio dela Rosa, however, is quite obviously notable and verifiable, and I've almost completely rewritten the article accordingly. But I do like the methodical way you're going about this now. --Malthusian (talk) 15:24, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I meant to go back and fix that one, good catch (as I had utterly forgotten) to remedy the prod tag). About 10 percent of them seem to be verifiable (ie IMDB page or somesuch). I've even tried to speedy one or two that were both verifiable and supposedly had a minor role in one movie, as that may even not be sufficient notability for a bio article. Proto||type 15:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Piss Christ

Please see my comments on the talk page. PhatJew 07:06, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

School vandalism

malthusian, it was not me who was updatng the wikipedia pages, earlier. we are in a school and everyone is on it to research stuff about fad diets. I am just researchine, but some other kids are messing around with it. the school computers are on a server so it probly says im doingg it —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.221.66.5 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 28 February 2006.

cheers —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.221.66.5 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 28 February 2006.

User:Bannana_Peel

I checked on his edit history, and it appears that he doesn't have one. How did you determine he was probably a Gastrich sock/impersonator? Harvestdancer 18:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. There was a typo in the sock notice, making me look for contribs by Banana Peel instead of Bannana Peel. Harvestdancer 18:37, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops. Well spotted. --Malthusian (talk) 18:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]