User talk:Anthony Appleyard/2004

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ClockworkTroll 21:48, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You may want to change your style. We aim to be an encyclopedia here, so perhaps adding articles and information about searching for information would not be appropriate. Write authoritatively. You may want to have a quick read-over some of the links above, to help. Dysprosia 07:04, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Re your comment on Speedy deletions - you haven't done anything wrong. You're a bit new, so you're still learning :) You'll get the hang of things soon enough. Dysprosia 07:22, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

You were editing articles such as SPP-1, APS Underwater Assault Rifle 5.56 mm and "A warning about websites that describe guns" at the time I wrote the above messages, to which you should have been notified of at that time. Dysprosia 06:09, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Those are stub messages. You can generate one yourself. Type to get

They indicate articles that may need improvement. They are nothing personal. HTH Dysprosia 06:27, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Er...
Say what? - Ta bu shi da yu 10:59, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Tis cool
These things happen :) Ta bu shi da yu 07:04, 28 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Redirecting articles to other articles
Hi Anthony, I fixed up Protei 5 for you. You can make an article automatically redirect to another article by putting #REDIRECT in front of the link you want to go to. Regards, silsor 06:43, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)

Fixing copyvio
Thank you for fixing HK P11's copyright status. -- Anon. 15:45, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Re: HK P11
Hello,

Thanks for rewriting the HK P11 article. It's really depressing when I run across a copyright violation on something that we should have an article on, and it never gets rewritten. An adminstrator should eventually swap the temporary version and delete the current version and the images associated with it. This could take a while, and I can't do it myself, because I'm just a regular editor currently. There's also a minimum 7-day waiting period according to the instructions on copyright problems.

- RedWordSmith 17:05, Nov 7, 2004 (UTC)

Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo-Doo Chasers)
Have you decided not to nominate this article for deletion? Lachatdelarue [[User talk:Lachatdelarue|(talk)]] 22:06, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * To answer your question, yes it is a real song, those are the real lyrics and the explaination of what the lyrics mean is real. After that, do you still want to list it on VfD? If you do, I'll try to get the listing to work for you. (And don't forget to sign your posts with ~ ) Lachatdelarue [[User talk:Lachatdelarue|(talk)]] 22:24, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia doesn't have many song articles, since most songs don't have enough to be said about them (and I'm not sure this one really does either, but it's better than most of the shorter song articles I've seen.) And this is actually one of P-Funk's best known songs (most people just don't know the actual title). And please sign your comments, when you don't it makes it more difficult for someone to respond. Lachatdelarue [[User talk:Lachatdelarue|(talk)]] 22:33, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * All good, I'm here to help. Lachatdelarue [[User talk:Lachatdelarue|(talk)]] 22:38, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

HK P11
You can't write over the copyright violation, once the time for discussion is over that article has to be deleted to get the copyvio out of the article history. If you want to make a new article, please follow the instructions on the page. RickK 09:23, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

Sorry. I "jumped the gun", as it is said.

See for my inquest into the offending files. Anthony Appleyard 10:18, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Double Redirects
please do not create double redirects, like Dpv --Deelkar 11:14, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Reverts
To revert vandalism, check the history tab, click on the last good entry, then click on "Edit This Page" and click Save. Good luck. -Armaced 23:32, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Gags
Hello, Anthony. I've noticed that you have edited two parallel articles, gag and gag (BDSM). However, the details in the two articles overlap substantially, and would seem better treated by a single article. However, even the no-BDSM gag article appears to have a strong BDSM tinge, yet the BDSM-flavored one does not mention that many of the gags used in BDSM circles do not, in fact, act effectively to suppress speech, but are instead used for psychological effect.

Could we please merge these articles? -- Karada 16:25, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks for merging the skin disease and dermatological disease lists. I'd been working off redlinks from one of them, left, came back later, opened the other without realizing that it was a different article, only to find that my changes weren't saved. Made changes again, etc. This went on for an embarrasingly long time before I finally noticed that there were 2 separate articles. I'd have merged them myself, but I was so frustrated I didn't care to see either one for a while. Anyway, I appreciate it! Joyous 15:49, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)

Orange
Would you agree that your additions to Orange more properly belong with Orange (word)? See the talk page for why I think Orange Order doesn't belong here. And finally, Orange is not the surname of the Dutch royal family: they have many surnames. They belong to the House of Orange-Nassau, but that's not the same thing. JRM 18:53, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

Since you haven't replied but have changed Orange (disambiguation), I'll take it as a "no, I don't agree". See the talk page at Orange (disambiguation) for my detailed arguments. I'd appreciate it if you could respond to them. JRM 13:40, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)

''Sorry. I had other things to do.''
 * No problem; deciding what does and doesn't end up on a disambig page isn't exactly top priority for me, either. I just wanted to make sure you were, in fact, listening, not just letting your edits do the talking for you. There are people like that out there, and they can be quite tiresome. :-) Now that I know you do listen, I won't be annoying you with personal messages over this anymore. By all means, do things in your own time. Happy editing! JRM 20:04, 2004 Dec 4 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your input on Orange. The resulting investigation has clarified the history of Orange, France, brought up questions on the List of Roman legions, expanded and corrected the etymology of the word orange on orange (word), cleaned up orange (fruit), brought me in contact with the french Wikipedia and last but not least taught me about Syracuse University.

Are there any more disambiguation pages you'd like to add an entry to? I'm really looking forward to them. :-D JRM 04:54, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)

Formale Organisation
You say you translated this. Is this really your translation work and not just a machine translation? -- Jmabel | Talk 08:06, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * In general, Babelfish translations pasted in are a liability. If a page is in Spanish, or German, or French, many of us can read it perfectly well, and anyone else can look at it with Babelfish themselves. If you paste in a Babelfish translation, it makes things only a little easier for those who couldn't read the original without using Babelfish themselves, but (1) it hides the need for translation, (2) it makes the article much less comprehensible to those who could read the original language, and (3) it can make Wikipedia look bad: it's much better that someone idly browsing come across an article in a foreign language with a notice that it needs translation than that they come across a terribly written hash. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:46, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)