User talk:Avalon/Archive 3

Question
Editors are attempting to keep side discussion off of that talk page, but in case you missed the response to your question which has been removed by another editor, here it is Tvoz | talk 19:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * At the risk of offending someone, can you tell me what Imus meant by "nappy headed"? I understand that a "ho" is a prostitute. Outside of the United States a nappy is a cloth you put on a baby's arse. What was Imus' meaning? 	 Avalon 14:08, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * See natural hair. 	 THEemu 14:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

I actually agree with you about what you said on my page - it seemed like a genuine question to me, which is why I moved it here. The problem is that the Imus articles have the potential to be wildly overrun by arguments about him rather than about the articles, so another editor felt strongly about moving anything off that wasn't directly related. I'm sympathetic, having spent the last day or two trying to keep actual juvenile nonsense off ("he apologized pubically", for example). But then take a look at what's going on on Kurt Vonnegut if you have any interest ... it's been quite a day! Cheers Tvoz | talk 22:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

My apologies, I should have made sure to drop you a reply on this talk page. The article does link to the answer: "On his 'Imus In The Morning' show on April 4, 2007, in a conversation with Bernard McGuirk and by phone with former cast member Sid Rosenberg, Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team as 'nappy-headed hos." If you think that non-American readers would benefit from an explicit overview of what the term means, feel free to add that to the article. — coe l acan — 22:56, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Orography of Cúcuta
I notice that you made some edits to the article Orography of Cúcuta today (17 April 2007). I'd appreciate it if you would look at the discussion on the talk page, not much of a discussion so far, just my rambling comments, but any input would be appreciated. Also, do you know where I could post notice of this problem (if it is a problem) to encourage more discussion? --Bejnar 18:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikifying and disambiguation
Hi, Avalon

I noticed that you've been doing a lot of excellent work wikifying. Kudos on that. When wikifying Thomas Wilson (shipping), you created a link to Britain, which is a disambiguation (dab) page. Just in case you don't already know, Wikipedia articles are not supposed to link to dab pages. They should link directly to the relevant articles. Dab pages are for users who type something into the search box that has more than one possible article related to it. There's currently a project going on, similar to the wikifying project, to get rid of the links to dab pages. You can find out about it here. Unfortunately, each time the bot does a dump, the pile gets bigger. I'd hate to think that the success of the wikifying project is contributing to the problem. If I'm telling you something you already know, and it was just a one-time error, please excuse the interruption. If you think others in the wikifying project need to be alerted to this, please share it with them. Thank you for your kind attention and happy editing. --Steven J. Anderson 03:33, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Walter brookes spong
I noticed your edits at Walter brookes spong. The page should be moved to Walter Brookes Spong, as the full name should be capitalized. Apperently, I can't move it because I'm a new editor, so I am giving you the "honor." --Brewcrewer 22:54, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Franz Josef Strauß
Might I ask you to take a look at the new discussion going on at Franz Josef Strauß? Yes, it is an ancient topic (the use of ß on en-wiki), but this is one of the most prominent articles in which this issue is of significance. Given your experience, your input would be very much appreciated. Unschool (talk) 01:39, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Idiot code
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Invite
Jccort (talk) 02:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Tuff Gong discography
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Only a .... could say something like the Thirteen Colonies User Box
LETS NOT HAVE A BIG FIGHT BUT ONLY AN ANTI AMERICAN RACIST COULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES USER BOX. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Roman Emerald Pirate (talk • contribs) 00:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

RE:Please advise
Hi there Avalon.

You are welcome to archive your talk page at any time or using roughly any criteria you use, more information can be found at Help:Archiving_a_talk_page.

Basically you shouldn't mess with the appearance of your talk page to intentionally hide/ignore warnings or users in dispute with you. You are welcome to link to a self created archive (such as, say, User_talk:Avalon/Archive 1. You can use your move tab to move the whole page history and start clean again, or you can copy and paste the contents as long as you point to where they came from to comply with the GFDL.  Let me know if you have any further questions, it's a fairly straight forward procedure despite my complicating it with reason :)  Happy editing to you. Keegan talk 04:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for wikifying the Avian ecology field methods article. I had done my best, but I'm new at wikifying, so I waited for someone else to check it over for me before I removed the tag. Thanks for doing that. --Megalodon99 Talk 12:23, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Sul Information
I asked the rename to the user:Avalon in wikis test.wiki, pt.wkquote, pt.wkpedia and commons, the rename was made in test.wiki, pt.wkpedia and commons, wait the rename pt.wkquote and unify your account, In the commons to talk the crat PatriciaR to have the account password. The account I used but I was already renamed to assign the account to you, greetings. S ir Lestaty de Lioncourt    ✉   21:33, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Reader's advisory
Reader's advisory has been listed for peer review and I am leaving a message because you have contributed to the article in the past and would appreciate your input.

JohnRussell (talk) 02:52, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Sumbawa besar
Thank you for your help - Indonesia project is flooded by these - each location of about 20,000 could say the same about themselves - as a consequence for the purposes of the indonesia project a lot of the article has to go for the basic issues of wp:rs. wp:n, wp:v and wp:not - SatuSuro 12:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Sampoerna - thank you again - still has a serious issue with NPOV though as it is all from the company pr machine - nothing about potential issues from critics of smoking or whatever - thanks SatuSuro 07:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Where?
Thank you for adding 'England' to this article but do really think that was sufficient info. to justify removing the whereisit tag? &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 18:03, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Neural Gas and general removal of (wikify) tags
re: this edit. Can you please add to the edit? I can't see to what noun your pronouns 'them' and 'they' refer to.

I also noticed you removed the wikify tag from the article, as well as a few others linked to in your talk page. Although it is only my opinion, think perhaps more ...'wikification' is necessary in these cases. I humbly point you to Wikify to hopefully clarify any potential confusions over the term.

Thanks in advance, --BlueNovember (talk) 13:53, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Dates
Hi, I noticed that you have been linking some dates recently. This practice is now deprecated. Please see WP:LINKING and WP:MOSNUM. Furthermore, your actions could be construed to be in violation of an temporary Arbcom injunction on mass linking/delinking of chronological elements. I'm happy to respond to any inquiries you may have about the matter. Thank you for your attention. Ohconfucius (talk) 14:35, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, Ohconfucius beat me to it. In addition, please note that WP:MOSLINK recommends against the linking of plain dictionary-type words. Tony   (talk)  07:45, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikifying
Hi, I see you wikify a lot of articles. That's good, but please take care not to overlink too much. Especially dates, years and countries are often not very relevant links. --Apoc2400 (talk) 14:55, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Your edits
Hi, and thanks for your contributions. I noticed that you linked some dates recently. This practice is now deprecated. Please see WP:LINKING and WP:MOSNUM. Furthermore, there is an Arbcom restriction on mass linking/delinking of chronological elements, although this is no suggestion from me that you are in breach whatsoever. I'm happy to respond to any inquiries you may have about the matter. Thank you for your attention. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * P.S. Thanks for your wikifying efforts. You've really been doing a good job. Dabomb87 (talk) 15:06, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Double Jeopardy
july2009 I am trying to find ALL aspects and veiws of what the double jeopary clause intails. The definition and the fifth ammendment really aren't specific enough. Thank you. www.daviddaugherty77@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.29.122.136 (talk) 05:48, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Re: Request for advice on Date Autoformatting
Hi, Avalon

I'm sorry I only read your post on my talk page now, as I've been on leave and haven't been checking Wikipedia.

I'm not good enough to do it, but one of the things I suggested was to perhaps write a template, which would not link dates, but would auto format them. For example, to refer to today's date, you could use, and it would be formatted to you or I as "8 January 2010", and to the Americans and anonymous users as "January 8, 2010".

Do you know anyone who is proficient enough at writing Templates to make this happen? On the face of it, it doesn't sound like something that would be too difficult to do.

Please let me know if you know of anyone whose already done this. I'd use it in a heartbeat! :)

Kind Regards,

--GrahamDo (talk) 10:18, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Date autoformatting
I noticed here that you added DA. Please note that this is not not the practice. WP:MOSNUM Tony   (talk)  10:01, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Please do take note of what Tony mentioned. I reverted a similar change here.  Please read WP:MOSNUM, as the practice of linking dates has been all but eliminated.  Thanks, Joshua Scott (talk) 07:58, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Date linking
Please stop linking dates. We don't do this any more, please see MOS:UNLINKDATES. Thanks. – ukexpat (talk) 00:34, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Mark II
Answer to the question about Jaguar Mark II << only that writing is correct. I was a frequent visitor @ Browns Lane Coventry (1980 - 1990) on business and knew the officials as well as competent book writers in England, writing about Jaguar Cars. 1622AK (talk) 02:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Linking dates
Please do not wikilink dates. See MOS:UNLINKDATES. Thanks. Jweiss11 (talk) 02:08, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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