User talk:AKGhetto

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test new sig &mdash;akghetto (talk) 11:49, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Here's a copy...
...of a note I left at Kidal Region, which I thought I'd leave you a copy of here since I noticed you making some other related edits.

I'm not sure I see the necessity of this article move. First of all, Kidal Region is the more common English formulation (7,000 Google hits to 5,000), second of all, it's the most obvious English version. After all, the article for USA in the French wikipedia is under fr:États-Unis d’Amérique; why not use the most common English version of "Region de Kidal" for the English wikipedia? I'd highly suggest moving this back to the more common, English-language usage. Whaddya think? --Dvyost 19:34, 6 September 2005 (UTC)


 * responded. &mdash;akghetto (talk) 20:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for getting back to me so quick. I think the most relevant Wikipedia policy here would be to use English in article names unless there's a compelling reason not to; hence I think I will go ahead and switch it back.  Anyway, sorry if I came off as snippy before--I'm more than a little under the weather today.  Have a fine day, and happy editing!  --Dvyost 20:36, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Al Jahra
May I ask why Al Jahra was moved to Al Jahrā' Governorate, Kuwait? There is no other place or word by the name of Al Jahra. Please use the discussion pages before making those decisions next time.Zer0fighta 19:10, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Flag stops
For instance see (PDF) and the stops marked f:
 * "f" Please notify the Conductor that you want to get off at the "f' stop and the train will make the stop.
 * Passengers who want to get on the train at an "f" stop must be on the platform in full view of the Engineer.

It may be the only remaining intercity service with flag stops, but that's not saying much, as the vast majority of intercity trains in the US are operated by Amtrak. --SPUI (talk) 07:34, 27 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, maybe "long-distance" is a better term than intercity. Even then, the South Shore Line has some flag stops in rural areas, and was considered "long-distance" in 1971 when Amtrak was being formed. I would object to the unqualified statement that was in there. I guess the issue I have is that the only rural train services left in the US are Amtrak and the Alaska Railroad.
 * Interesting - apparently Amtrak has rural flag stops too, for instance the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana on the Empire Builder:
 * Stops only on signal to receive or discharge passengers; where possible please give sufficient advance notice to agent or conductor.
 * I'm not sure what you mean about the difference between this type of thing and the Alaska Railroad's flag stops. Are there defined "stations" along the line at which one pulls a flag out of a holder or sets a signal for the train? Or can one bring their own flag and signal the train anywhere along the line? This is definitely an area I'm not familiar with. --SPUI (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

How about something like "the only area of the United States served only by rail"? --SPUI (talk) 09:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

It's one of the last long-distance trains in the US, period. "One of America's last flag stop trains" really isn't saying anything. --SPUI (talk) 06:47, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

US City Template
No actually thank you. I never though about adding that until I saw what you were trying to do, fyi that sting that you used at first is used to call another template depending on the variable, but I figured out where you were going with it and made the right changes. I also came across another issue with the map rendering as well that I had not caught before either. So thanks. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 22:40, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey see that you have been using the box, thanks for the support. I made some changes to the box today, to helpwith cross-platform rendering, eveything i see checks out, but if you happen to come across anything i might have missed or have an idea, feel free to run them by me, see what i can do. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:38, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Username
Interesting name. Are you from Fairbanks by any chance? &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  10:01, Dec. 18, 2005
 * I lived in Healy (near the Park) for quite a while, then moved to Fairbanks, but I'm now in Texarkana (since 2002). &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  17:26, Dec. 18, 2005

bad content.
The article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy is misleading and should be deleted. For more information, look at my comments on that article. Sorry I am new to wikipedia and don't know how to contact someone about bad content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.157.29.110 (talk • contribs)


 * responded &mdash;akghetto talk 09:06, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Information: New Help Group
This message is to inform you about a new group whose aim is to try and answer Wikipedians' questions. The group is based here, and is so far nameless. If you can offer any help by improving the pages or by answering any questions, then you are very welcom to do so. You are also welcome to raise any questions.

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Delete article
Yes I can delete it. Do you mean the entire "to do" page on the wikiproject? -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 23:50, 6 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Deleted. You're welcome -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 23:53, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

WPAlaska userbox
No problem! And a belated thanks for starting the Alaska WikiProject. --King of All the Franks 03:52, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Project Alaska
Hiya, thanks for the welcome to the project. I've been slowly working on pages related to Alaska for a while; I'm not sure I understand how to add pages to the WikiProject Alaska/Alaska recent changes page. Should I just add to the end, or try to put the pages in alphabetically, or what? I've been a Wikipedian for a while, but there's a lot I don't understand yet....Deirdre 10:47, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

MediaWiki talk:Badsig2
Please see my reply at MediaWiki talk:Badsig2 xaosflux  Talk  / CVU  04:46, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Null edits
Your template works fine, but you have to make a null edit to refresh a new category listing. See A category tag in a template; caching problem for more information. There's also the issue of using it as a watchlist since it only lists the talk page. --Viriditas 09:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed the above link. --Viriditas 10:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Template:PD-AKGov
It's not common for works by state employees to be in the public domain - as far as I'm aware, only California has a law that specifies this. If works by Alaska state employees are in the public domain, could you indicate the law that provides for this? --Carnildo 07:06, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandal warning toolbox
Hi. I answered your question at User talk:Kbh3rd/Vandal warning toolbox in case you didn't figure it out already. Sorry, I didn't see it for a few days. --Kbh3rd talk 22:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Speedy tags
Been there, done that. :) I used to have the same problem on occasion before I got the admin gig.  I knew it wasn't you. - Lucky 6.9 09:14, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

CFD speedies
Just wanted to let you know I responded to your query on Wikipedia talk:Categories for deletion regarding waiting 48 hours to do the speedy renames. --Kbdank71 21:46, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Airports
Thanks for your help with the category. Even with the AWB it would have taken me ages because of my slow connection. And I just noticed I missed listing three categories CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 11:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I can't see much now on my watchlist as it's full of airports. I'm not sure about the "on PEI" as other islands are listed as "in". CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:42, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Knik River, Alaska
Please put back the demographic and geographic information which is standard on all US cities and towns. User:Zoe|(talk) 05:04, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. User:Zoe|(talk) 05:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Wade Hamtpon Census Area cleanup
Hi there,

It was this bit:

Origins of the naming of the Wade Hampton Census Area. [link]

Was in a hurry so didn't have the time to fix this myself, but this should be expanded into a proper sentence. --Lukobe 18:12, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

My thoughts on Alaska village info
(Responding here because I'm not entirely sure what the usual Wikipedia practice is.)

I'm going both ways, actually. I think it's definitely worth listing the regional organizations. Providing that level of contact info, though, feels a little excessive for the village article. Since it'd just be the same address and numbers for Doyon or whatever on fifty different articles, it would more naturally go into the article on Doyon. (Okay, Doyon hasn't got an article yet, but it will fairly soon.)

(Also, what if it changes?)

I'd take out the village councils and individual village housing authorities -- not because they're not encyclopedic, because I don't really see the harm myself, but they're probably not important enough to bother duplicating the info from the DCA link, which would presumably be on every page, and be the next logical step for anyone who really did want to write to the Allakaket Village Council.

A few ideas just off the top of my head:
 * An infobox -- maybe incorporated into a Towns of Alaska infobox, which in addition to the usual could have slots for Regional Native Corporation and NHC. Downside, of course, is this is a lot of work, and since a lot of pages are little more than infobox fodder to begin with, it could get really redundant.
 * External links only -- but then they'd need explanation in the EL section, which probably make the MOS cry.
 * Boilerplate section in the lead, along the lines of "$TOWN is located within the $RNC regional Native corporation and the $RNHC regional Native health corporation", plus external links. Possibly as a template. These pages have so much boilerplate they should be in armored divisions as it is, though.

I like the infobox idea... but then I just like infoboxes. ;) --Zero Gravitas 18:40, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I second what ZeroG said. AKGhetto knows what's up. Knowmoore 17:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Infobox Alaska Communities
I've got a version up that's pretty much identical to Template:U.S. City infobox, but with new fields added and some unnecessary stuff removed. The main question seems to be how much info to add? State legislative districts, judicial districts... it's possible to go pretty insane here. --Zero Gravitas 04:03, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Fur Rendezvous
I've given the page a working over, added in a whole bunch of stuff. I removed the bits about the blanket toss, because it seems like it isn't being held anymore, from the event guide at least.

(Is it just me, or is GAI's description of it really eerie? Flying in Natives from Nome and the Diomedes, "captivating tribal dances"? It reads like King Kong.)

I'm pretty much out of substantive things to add to the article, so if you've got anything... &mdash;Zero Gravitas 08:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice... I like your version a lot! I think the only thing to add would be some photos of events.  Some pin designs would look spiffy too.  &mdash;akghetto talk 08:56, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Great idea. I found a website with someone's pin collection and added it as an external link. I've got '84 and '02 pins of my own to photograph (and save GFDL permission hassles) if inline pictures are needed. &mdash;Zero Gravitas 09:11, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Cat: Alcoholics
Could you explain why you felt the consensus was in favor of deletion?

Thank you so much.

Yeago 18:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. I saw how the voting went but I suppose I thought a lot of it was hysteria based. I think its a touchy but wonderful category and I'm going to do some rounds. Maybe you'll see it in appeals. Thanks again! Yeago 20:11, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Hyder AK picture
Hi,

You asked me about details of the Image:Hyder AK.JPG. Well, I took it the 24th of August last year. Actually, I was vistiting Canada for a roundtrip through western Canada (Vancouver Island, British Columbia and Alberta) and stayed a few days in Stewart BC (added an image to that article too). From there I visited Hyder and especially the nearby Fishcreek to watch bears. It was awsome! I took lots of pictures there. Best regards, Tdevries 14:31, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Closing CFD's
I noticed you've been closing some CFD's as delete, (e.g. Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion) but do not show that you are a sysop. Although I agree with most of these that are tagged for speedy as well, this does not appear to be giving sufficient time to determine consensus on these. Please reply on my talk. xaosflux Talk  / CVU  03:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Personally I think it's fine for any editor to close out a xFD discussion if it has been speedily deleted by an admin (result was Speedy Delete by Admin), but if editors close out xFD's that haven't been deleted, it is confusing for admins to know that the article needs deleting still (redlinks vs. bluelinks isn't enough, as it may be deleted-protected), leading to it never getting deleted. If it is an uncontested deletion discussion then closing out by putting a CSD notice on the article may get people attention (but remove the xFD notice) to delete it, but a proposal to to this may need some community discussion first. Apparently there haven't been a lot of admins working on CFD's, but hopefully we can get that fixed :) xaosflux  Talk  / CVU  03:52, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Tagging them for csd in that event seems OK to me, and as long as noone else complains it seems to be working. If you tag a cat for speedy delete based on it having a closed CFD discussion, can you remove the cfd notice at the same time you add the CSD, after ensuring the cat is vacant?  xaosflux  Talk  / CVU  04:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Cullera
Um, you removed an old category, and added in a new category which redlinks when displayed. I'm assuming the new category just hasn't been created yet? - Corbin Simpson 07:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Correct. The new cat has not been fully moved, and the red-link will be fixed within the hour.  &mdash;akghetto talk 07:53, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Categories for deletion/Log/2006 February 26
Since this is possibly a huge list, having each of the articles tagges is not a good idea, generally I don't like any mass xfd(r) listing because some people will want to voice opinions on only certain pages in them. Unless this gets overwhelming support, they may need to be extended, or perhaps listed in a larger ongoing discussion page first IMHO. -- xaosflux  Talk  / <sub style="color:#666666;">CVU  03:07, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Your RFA
Hi, Your RFA netted 66% of the vote, much below the accepted threshold of 75-80%, and so I had to fail it. You may of course try again after a few weeks or so. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  09:03, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


 * hello there, I know i voted oppose, but i hope you'll understand it was not out of malice, but just out of a hope that you would have more experience before becoming an admin, and thus be a better one. You seem to be a very good editor, and I would be happy to support you, or even nominate you in a month or two. Keep up the good work, --Alhutch 08:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh I don't feel bad or offended you voted the way you did - as I said, I honestly would have been surprised had the RFA succeeded. I appreciate the support offered for the future; do you have any other suggestions for what I could do over the next few weeks/months to improve?  Thanks again.  &mdash;akghetto talk 08:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I would say just keep up your present course pretty much. Perhaps try to edit in as broad a range of Wikipedia: namespace pages as possible. Another thing you might want to do is write new articles that have been requested at a place like WP:RA. This familarizes you with categorization and stub types and format and other things. that's my best advice. let me know if there's anything else i can do for you. thanks,--Alhutch 08:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I did not vote in your RFA because while I felt your answers to my questions were... sub-par, at worst, and typical of most users, at best, I had no real reason to oppose you from trying to attain adminship. NSL E (T+C) at 08:06 UTC (2006-03-13)
 * Hmm... well, I appreciate the candidness. &mdash;akghetto talk 08:10, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Your oppose votes are not fully against you. Don't discourage. Cheers --Ugur Basak 10:04, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Naw, not discouraged. I'm glad I did the self-nom so I could get this feedback.  &mdash;akghetto talk 16:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I am disappointed that your recent RFA was not successful. However, do not give up hope and try again after one month. You will always have ny support! -- S iva1979 <sup style="background:yellow;">Talk to me  14:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for all the confidence! &mdash;akghetto talk 16:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I am also disappointed that your Rfa failed. But please keep up your editing for two more months and you should get it. Cheers -- a.n.o.n.y.m  t 16:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Will do. If you have any specific suggestions, please feel free to let me know!  &mdash;akghetto talk 16:57, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep up the good work and I'm sure you'll get your mop and bucket soon. I'll be happy to support you again, should you choose to apply again. Best of luck! - Wezzo (talk) (ubx) 21:08, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Keeping up good edits for several more weeks should promote you eventually. Please use edit summaries for major and minor edits and you will still have my support.--Jusjih 06:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Closing kept discussions on CFD...
Hi AKGhetto. Just wanted to leave you a note re closing keeps at CFD. When closing keeps (or no consensus'es), you should visit the kept category, remove the CFD/CFR template, and usually I put a cfdend template on the talk page with the result. Someone had brought up Category:People known in connection with sports and hobbies that was closed by you, but the tags remained...so I don't know if it was just a one-off that you forgot, or if you didn't know about the extra steps in closing out keeps.

Thanks for the help on CFD, and sorry to hear that your RfA didn't pass. I'm sure you'll get it next time. --Syrthiss 16:20, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ahh.... I like that cfdend tag! I didn't know about using that tag, so thank you very much for the heads up.  I think Category:People known in connection with sports and hobbies was simply a one-off slip as other CFD & CFR's for that same day   were done properly.  Thanks for catching the slip!  Oh and you're welcome for the help.... &mdash;akghetto talk 16:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Holi greetings
Hello from an Indian wikipedian. I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. By the way, I have been around here for about a year, including being an administrator from 18th September 2005. I request you to kindly do me the favor of providing me your valuable comments and suggestions on my contributions, activities and behavior pattern. I shall be awaiting your free and frank opinion, which you are most welcome to give here. Thanks. --Bhadani 06:05, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Speedying categories
FYI, you should use db-catempty rather than db-empty when you tag empty categories for speedy deletion. db-empty is for use on articles only. Thanks! Stifle 16:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sweet! I didn't know about db-catempty, thanks a lot for letting me know!  &mdash;akghetto talk 17:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Sketches of Spain
Your recent edit didn't actually remove a category, as the edit summary stated. Did you mean to? --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 18:42, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm... not sure what happened there.... I believe I was emptying the Cat "Rolling Stone Top 500" or somesort. Weird... &mdash;akghetto talk 16:54, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Helping on CFD
Thanks for the assistance on CFD. One correction to procedure, please. When a category has been emptied and is ready for deletion, instead of removing it from the CFD page and listing it for speedy deletion, please just move it to the "Ready for Deletion" section on the bottom of the CFD page. This is exactly what that section is for, categories that needed work, but are now ready for an admin to do the actual final delete action. Thanks again, though, for helping out. - TexasAndroid 15:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Will do! Thanks for the heads up and you're welcome for the help!  &mdash;akghetto talk 17:07, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Bot?
Not sure if it was a bot, or what, but AKGhetto just wrecked a reference url on the David Milgaard article by changing "%20" to " ". Just thought I'd give you a heads-up that the urls don't work if you do that :) Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 18:13, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I was using the AutoWikiBrowser... didn't notice the %20 change. Sorry!  &mdash;akghetto talk 20:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Removal of hidden categories in stub templates
Hello there. I notice that you have been removing some hidden categories from stub templates as part of CFD. Unfortunately, you're leaving behind a number of empty blocks such as this. Could you remove them as well please. Thanks. --TheParanoidOne 23:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll do my best, but I'm afraid some articles still need the tags, and it's not like it hurts the template by leaving the tags there, right? Or am I missing something?  &mdash;akghetto talk 00:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Empty may not be that much of a problem, but removing  around categories that shouldn't be transcluded is a bit of a problem ..  -- User:Docu


 * I wasn't suggesting a blanket removal of the noinclude tags (as seems to have been done in Docu's example). Just of the empty ones. Yes, it does no harm, but it's messy and serves no purpose. --TheParanoidOne 11:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Alaska
Hey, I just added my lot into the Alaska project. As you're the founder, I thought I should ask you if theres any policies or practices that you guys follow that aren't enumerated on the project page. Anyway, look forward to working with you. - M ask 23:56, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia survey
Hi. I'm doing a survey of Wikipedia editors as part of a class research project. It's quick, anonymous, and the data will be made available to the Wikipedia community later this month. Would you like to take part? More info here. Thanks! Nonplus 23:46, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Trying to fix my erroneous Cfd
I've nominated the deletion of Category:User kon for deletion review. Since you closed the deletion discussion for it, your opinions on this will be greatly appreciated. --&#160;Omniplex 18:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

batman code october code blue 00x531
agent in jepordey contact the president of the united states in jepordey of communist goverment in south america i have a message that was sent from georges father 00x531 activate code blue in bronsville tx.send contact-0002 problem in take over texas, arizona, new mexico,exteriminate problem at all risk code october code red priorty 6 detintion centers 1,2,3,4 C1-4 -13,14,17 Take over by communist goverment in united states by the benson family by the luiso family by the family in vanisuilla search and destroy tac a1 tac a2 in harligion-olemento-bronsville texas names frnando mardono franklin tommy tomous martinis- ben benision robert bision send death squad 6 to extract information through the CIA intelligant division at all cost then terminate after information location of their scientist location of stolen material that has been inhansed  from the united states goverment --444444 period
 * Holy Markovian Parallax Denigrate, Batman! - M ask [[Image:Flag_of_Alaska.svg|20 px]] 08:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA Notification
Hello! I noticed that you have interacted with user:Staxringold who is currently undergoing an RfA and thought that you might be interested in participating at Requests for adminship/Staxringold 2. You have received this message without the endorsement of the candidate involved, and this is not a solicitation of support, it is only an effort to make RfA discussions better (for more information see user:ShortJason/Publicity). Thank you in advance for your participation. ShortJason 19:26, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Iowa
Hi - I've mostly copied your WP:ALASKA to create a WP:IOWA (different pieces can be found at my userpage, I haven't plugged them together yet). I have a question, though - in Template:Alaskatasks, why does it use WikiProject Alaska/Alaska recent changes to get its recent changes instead of just using Category:WikiProject Alaska? --Tim4christ17 23:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * For some reason the Mediawiki software seems to prefer a page with a bunch of links for Special:Recentchangeslinked to work rather than pulling the list off a Category. See how Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Alaska/Alaska_recent_changes and Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:WikiProject_Alaska return different results.  It's somewhat a pain to have to update the seperate list, but honestly I just use AWB to generate the list from Category:WikiProject_Alaska every so often.  Hope this helps!  &mdash;akghetto talk 23:17, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :)  --Tim4christ17 23:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Alaska Highway Names
Thanks for your input. That is what I had figured. I'm glad you said something, I wasn't sure if anyone from AK was going to speak up! Cheers! -- Stratosphere (U T) 06:53, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Creamers Feild Migratory Bird Refuge
Hi, i grew up in Fairbanks. I have some good pictures of creamers field id like to contribute but i dont know how to get them posted to the article, if i could just mail them to somebody and let them do the job I would appreciate it;). Any one interested can e-mail me at wrayvynn@acsalaska.net I do alot of local photography so if anyone needs anything else let me know. Thanks alot Wrayvynn 18:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Your Match Game panelist category is at CfD
Several, probably all, of the panelist categories are being discussed in CfD --Hjal 20:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

economics of Alaska
I wonder if you might consider 'Economy of Alaska' to be a better name for this category (and similar for all other US states), thus matching the 'Economy of the United States'. Economics' sounds like a school subject to me. Thanks Hmains 02:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Request for opinion
Hi,

There's an AfD debate about deleting the List of bow tie wearers page. Back in February there was a debate about the similar Category for Famous bow tie wearers, and I see you were in favor of keeping that category (now gone). If you're still interested in the subject, please visit Articles for deletion/List of bow tie wearers and insert your two cents. If not interested, sorry to bother you. Noroton 03:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Prince of Asturias Award winners
I have nominated Category:Prince of Asturias Award winners, which you created, for deletion. You may read the debate at Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 5. Dr. Submillimeter 23:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Alaska: recent changes
I saw on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Alaska/Alaska recent changes that you had at one point last year figured out an automatic way to generate a list of pages for the Alaska recent changes without having to manually page through all of Category:WikiProject Alaska articles. It seems that an update to the recent changes page hasn't happened in quite some time, & I'm willing to take up the task -- but I'd rather not have to reinvent the wheel. Would you mind detailing out the methodology you used for me, & I will gladly take up the task? Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give. --Yksin 22:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:CVU status
The Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to and/or  status. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU. Thank you. Delivered on behalf of user:xaosflux 01:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations!
You are the first recipient of the admittedly amateurish-looking ALASKAN BARNSTAR! Awarded for your contributions to Alaska Related Articles, and for founding Wikiproject Alaska!

If you aren't a girl and the picture on your webpage is of someone else, my apologies! Feel free to change it.   L' Aquatique   <font color="6633FF">talktome   16:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Talk:Recording District (Alaska)
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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:40, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for File:Afognak.gif
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photo of cafe in hope
Hello, I'm wondering about the great photo of the cafe in Hope. Would it be possible for me to use that on the cover of a self-printed, self-published book of short stories? The run would be small -- 50 to 100 copies. Thanks for any info. 24.237.115.229 (talk) 19:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)Beth

File talk:Malaspina At Skagway.jpg
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Twinkle, etc.
I noticed your request for rollback and your addition of Twinkle to your monobook. In case you weren't aware, both Twinkle and Popups, along with a bunch of other useful scripts, can now be added in the "Gadgets" tab of your preferences. Unless you have need for a custom configuration, there's no need to put them in monobook any longer. Best of luck with the vandal fighting! —DoRD (?) (talk) 19:19, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ahhh, thank you for the information. I'll look into the "gadgets" stuff.  Yes, I've been away for too long.  :)  &mdash;akghetto talk 19:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

sweepstakes page revert
I am not sure why you removed my addition on the sweepstakes page. SweepsPlay had a link there for reference for several months. It was removed recently along with several others in some type of sweep, but I think all of the other sites charged a fee to use them. Sweepsplay doesn't require a fee to view any of its material and I do not think that it breaks any other wikipedia rules.

If I am breaking some type of wikipedia rule, could you please let me know what I am doing wrong? Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.167.187.30 (talk • contribs) 09:03, 30 January 2010
 * Hello! I believe the appropriate sections you would want to read are Spam, Wikipedia:External_links, and Conflict_of_interest.  If you still believe an external link to "SweepsPlay" is appropriate, I would discuss this on the article's talk page.  Cheers, &mdash;akghetto talk 19:06, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Good morning. I left a message on the talk page yesterday. I appreciate you helping to clear this up for me. Have a good one!

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Category:Statutory rapists
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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Fur Rendezvous Festival
Bringing up the use of "festival" in the Fur Rondy article name advocating the article be moved to not include "festival". "Festival" isn't part of the name of the event (official, nor otherwise), especially considering it is kind of a redundancy. Redundancy as in the same way "Fur Get-together Party" would be somewhat redundant ("Rendezvous" *is* the type of event, so there is no need for adding an additional type like "festival" nor "party") which is why "festival" has not been a part of the official name. You previously cited the organization web site, but the closest listed there is using "winter festival" (lower case) once after "Fur Rendezvous" which would just be a normal grammatical way of clarifying/defining a term — it isn't meant to be interpreted as part of the title. — al-Shimoni  (talk) 18:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello al-Shimoni. This point was previously discussed on the article's Talk page.  At the time, I referenced that they did include "Festival" as part of the official name.  See an archive of the page at the Internet Wayback machine from the time period here.  While the event's web page has since been revised, there are still 8 instances of the word "festival" on their current "History" page portion of the site.  While I understand the redundancy points you bring up, this portion of the name (Festival) does appear to have a historical connection to the event.  I would suggest if you feel strongly about it, raise the point again on the Talk but otherwise it seems to be settled over a decade ago, with no other individuals raising the point since.  Cheers, &mdash;akghetto talk 21:27, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * al-Shimoni - After I posted the above, I remember I had correspondence with the Fur Rondy organization regarding this article when I majorly re-wrote it. They provided their "official history" at the time which referenced the "Festival" word as part of the official name.  I have uploaded a copy of the history I was provided, along with my email exchange with their Communications Manager who approved the revised article.  See this history and email exchange here and here, respectively.  Cheers, &mdash;akghetto talk 21:42, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the info you provided. :) — al-Shimoni  (talk) 10:52, 28 February 2017 (UTC)