User talk:Awiseman/Archive/Nov2006

GIS data
Thanks. I'm aware of that site, though grudgingly it only works for me using Internet Explorer (not Firefox). More of a challenge is getting data for the surrounding jurisdictions to match up with DC's data. Montgomery County and others often charge fees. Census Tiger data will probably have to do, for roads and other features. Though, for large-scale maps of neighborhoods, the DC data would be useful. ---Aude 21:03, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * True, the Firefox thing is annoying. If you have Arcview, the ESRI Data CDs are pretty good. Though DC doesn't really have neighborhood boundaries for DC, just general areas - the city doesn't like to publish their neighborhood boundaries, since people might see it and say "Hey! I'm in Logan Circle, not Shaw!" or what have you. Awiseman 21:05, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Knoxville TN
Why did you remove my edit to the Knoxville, TN website? I linked an Improv Show to their local events section only. That group has been a staple of the city for 12 years now.
 * Anonymous- because the other events are all once a year festivals, and that's a reoccuring thing. And now you have it in "Sites of Interest", which includes stuff like James White's Fort and Volunteer Landing. Improv comedy is not a site of interest. I'm sure it's a good group, but until there is a section where it fits, I don't think it belongs. Awiseman 16:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I am not a member of the group. Why do you care what is linked? Are you a resident of Knoxville, TN? I have lived here for most of my life. Will you please stop acting like the expert/master of Wikipedia. 

My family is from Knoxville and I lived there for many years. The whole purpose of Wikipedia is for people to edit it following the rules of the site, which is what I'm doing. You are new to the site, and I appreciate your enthusiasm, but your link doesn't fit either section. If there were something like "Cultural groups" or "entertainment" then fine, but recurring improv shows are not a Site of Interest (which are places, like James White's Fort) or an Event like the others - Boomsday, Dogwoood Festival, those are all once-a-year special events. Otherwise, why not add UT football as an event, or a band that plays a bar regularly? I have nothing against the group or improv, it just doesn't fit. I've even taken improv classes before. Also, to put your signature on the post, put four tildes, it will show this: Awiseman 16:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

O RLY?
than you for the info on the ORLY page...I really apreciate it ^^ Minako-Chan* 18:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. --Awiseman 18:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

70.72.5.126
What page are you referring to as the blocking vandals page? --pevarnj (t/c/@) 22:09, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism --Awiseman 15:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow...
Thank you very much. I am flattered. Yanksox 21:49, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Stewart McPherson
Hi, I migrated the page from Mike Chapman's Victoria Cross Reference page. What was happeneing was that all the pages were converted to wiki-format, so all that needed doing was a cut and paste over to Wikipedia. Unfortunately the site no longer exists, so I'm not sure what the current stus of the newspaper articles is, or where they're from. The only Google reference I can find for them are Wikipedia and mirror sites. MartinMcCann 13:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Skorzeny + Bulge
I'll put in ODESSA. am more intereseteded in The Bionic Woman --  max rspct  leave a message  01:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Jersey
Thanks for the thanks! Man vyi 17:11, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Dick Vitale
Not sure what are acceptable sources, but I hope these suffice:

http://www.collegehoopsgazette.com/blog/archives/2006/01/dick_in_his_own_words.php

http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2004/11/dick-vitale-sucks

http://nypost.com/sports/24003.htm

"'You can't get Dick Vitale to say 15 words without Duke coming out of his mouth.'" -John Chaney

/\ found here: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04020/263393.stm

--Uggh1134 20:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Maps of DC
Replying to your message:

"Thanks for uploading all the maps of DC, but you need to cite the copyright info or they'll be deleted. --Awiseman 00:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)"

I don't know what other copyright info they require. The base map is a public domain document (a government document) whose copyright info is already listed. But I've made changes to them myself and have thereby placed the new image in the public domain. What else does it need? --Msclguru 15:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You have to change the tags so they're listed as public domain - government. It's in the help somewhere, I've never actually done it myself. --Awiseman 15:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * But I created the document as it is; doesn't that make it self-made?--Msclguru 15:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:
No, I did not mean to bold my comment. Please note that WP:RFD, along with all pages that discuss the deletion or lack thereof of articles, are not votes, but discussions. Therefore, there is no need to add bolding to the word that represents one's primary opinion; indeed, I specifically do not bold them, and recommend against others doing so, because it encourages the "vote" mentality, and makes people lose sight of discussion. Thanks for the message regardless.--Sean Black 18:03, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Shaka
Sorry about the really late reply, haven't logged on for a while (overworked?) but I will try and cobble something together for the article over the next week. I was hoping that the original author(s) were going to spring into action, but that's just being lazy. Thanks for your message and I'll let you know when I'm done so you can give me a second opinion. Doc Meroe 01:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Elazığ
No problem, I was trying to undo the edits by this anon who changed "Armenian" to "Assyrian". Feel free to double-check if some of his edits still remain. As for the fact that Kurds make up the majority, the source is very poor. It doesn't even show Elazığ on the map, it's obvious that Kurds are the majority in most of the rural areas, but I'd prefer that we have some text that states "Kurds are the predominate ethnic group in Elazığ". Thanks for cleaning up the article btw. &mdash; Khoikhoi 17:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Piracy

 * Hello Awiseman,
 * You might be interested to know a temporary project page for WikiProject Piracy. By the way very commendable with the efforts you've done so far. Keep up the good work! MadMax 23:07, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Awesome, thanks! --Awiseman 14:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Beer Pong
We should focus on making Beer Pong FA, by using the references listed to add citations for every item. The article still has alot of cruft and is confusing to a non-player. Theres still way too many variations listed for every particular rule. --larsinio ( poke )( prod ) 18:06, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Bluecanoe
You're welcome. And the American English userbox is. Ryulong 20:20, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Clarification
You deleted a link to celebrityprepschools.com in the article for Chatham Hall. It was added because it discusses attendance at the school of some of the 'notable alumnae' listed in the article. Perhaps that was not the appropriate section for it, but it wasn't linkspam.
 * If it's really for the school, put the exact page for the stuff about Chatham Hall, anonymous. Otherwise it's spam or link farming. --Awiseman 07:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Even if that means breaking it into three separate links? The site is organized alphabetically by alum entry rather than by school.
 * Why not just put each link next to the person's name in the article, rather than the external links section? They seem too specific to be in the external links section, but would be fine in the article, I think. Also, you should get a user name, it makes things easier and people are less likely to disagree with your edits if you have a user name. If you have a user name, put -- and four tildes to show your user name when you make comments. --Awiseman 00:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Joseph Patrick Moore
I have placed this article under Deletion review if you would like to be involved. Thanks! OSU80 02:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, will check it out. --Awiseman 04:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Beer poll
Hi! Welcome to the Beer project. Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: SilkTork 12:45, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Columbus/Columbia in Washington, DC
They're not really the same. True, Columbia has its origin in Christopher Columbus but the meaning is very different. Just as you wouldn't say Indiana is named after India because there is a step in between the two. D.C. was given that name because at the time Columbia was a formal, poetic name for the United States. There was no attempt to honor Christopher Columbus who never set foot in the land that would become the U.S.A. Columbus only really became a national hero in the 20th century after some lobbying by Italian immigrants. --dm (talk) 21:20, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Bluecanoe checkuser
It was confirmed that several of the pro-Moore editors were indeed socks of User:Bluecanoe. However, checkuser also revealed that User:OSU80 was behind User:Bluecanoe2; he was blocked for 24 hours for creating an account. The results are published [|here] --EngineerScotty 18:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, and for a better link to the subpage: Requests for checkuser/Case/Bluecanoe. Ryūlóng 18:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Concerning User:Manicotti, User:Zeytin, User:Mehter and maybe a dozin of IPs the last few days, a Request for checkuser would be the best treatmeant. All the edits they have done are clearly POV-pushing and "remarkably" similar! Meanwhile, keep the pages in your watchlist, if u want. (i was just about to break the WP:3RR yesterday...). Regards --Hectorian 07:51, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey Awiseman! I have a feeling that the banned user TuzsuzDeliBekir may be the anons, I'm not sure about the sockpuppets however. They seem to all be connected, but not to TDB. Perhaps is involved as well, Mehter might not connected. I think our best option is semi-protecting their favorite pages for now (if they persist), and and do a CheckUser. BTW, I've seen your work on Turkey-related articles. Keep it up! :) &mdash; Khoikhoi 05:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Izmir
Please read my explanations before reverthing articles. If the city's greek name is written and mentioned in detail further in the article there is no need to rewrite it, this is the Wiki policy I witnessed so far in the articles.

As for the Armenian name, it did have an Armenian minority for some years but never been an Armenian city. Giving its Armenian name makes no sense. Regards.--Kagan the Barbarian 18:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Discuss that on the Izmir page. --Awiseman 18:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Not to be a stickler for word choice, but ...
I noticed that you labelled one of your edits as "removed unencyclopedic stuff". All of us old-timers have been guilty of it, but I believe that you are over-expanding the meaning of "unencyclopedic". I believe you meant to say that the removed text was informal. Have a nice day, --M @ r ē ino 20:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * True --Awiseman 21:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Ellicott Circle
Locals in Anacostia and the records at the Geographic Names Information System state that it exists within the cloverleaf. Ellicott Circle at the USGS website --Caponer 21:18, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It may not count, but I thought since it was listed on a map by the USGS that I would add it. It is interesting that it is named, perhaps there was an Ellicott Circle there before the cloverlead loop and therefore the loop took its name? Who knows. --Caponer 21:24, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe leaving a redlink present on the list will allow someone to enlighten us with a stub on Ellicott Circle's story...if not, it can always be removed. --Caponer 21:38, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the Seven Years' War
Hello Awiseman, The term "French and Indian War" refers to the Conflict in North America between 1754 and 1763 that preceeded the Seven Years' War in Europe. I agree with your comment and I believe that if you can reword the area in question then by all means please do. J Dogg 13:17, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

go go
Sorry, I was going pretty rapidly through the Lupin Anti-vandal Tool and I clicked revert on the wrong article. My apologies. EdwinHJ | Talk 20:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Pontian Greek Genocide
What's the signature on behalf of the State of Florida for the recognition of Pontian Greek Genocide? The Governor Jeb Bush? The President of the State Senate? Who signed the recognition? Signatures are important. Or is it a non-binding ceremonial bill adopted without vote and by publication, as I suspect, which should be mentioned. I had put this question on the Talk Page for that article, but I am assuming you haven't seen it. Regards. Cretanforever
 * I dunno. Even if it's non-binding, I think the governor still has to sign it. Maybe ask them if you're not sure. --Awiseman 05:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Weezer
Yes I know that its a site to sell weezer tickets but it is also the only site (besides wikipedia) to claim they sold 7 million.Can you please help me find a source for this.Maybe it was in a book?SOADLuver 01:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Chuck Colson and Darwinism
Hi. You asked:
 * Hi, I saw one of your edits on Charles Colson said "fixed 'clever' misstatement about Darwinism" - who said it was clever? And how is it a misstatement?

Hmm, maybe I was being a too "clever" myself. The article used to say that Colson "argue[s] that Darwinism is an attack on Christianity". I'm not aware of him arguing that Darwinism, however defined, is in essence an attack on Christianity, but I'm sure he has written that it is used to attack Christianity. So I called the old phrasing a misstatement, and I called it "clever" because I fear it was worded that way to convey the idea Colson is one of those ultra-conservative anti-science nuts.

I see you've now edited Charles Colson some more. Good stuff! Thanks, CWC (talk) 14:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

33rd Regiment of Foot
History updated for Battle of Guilford Court House. Your appraisal on use of 'defeated' would be appreciated! Richard Harvey 01:58, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

New York Mutuals
I have exported two of five paragraphs and with them both dispute tags to the Talk. What remains is a somewhat repetitive stub. Tentatively, I judge that editorial interest in early baseball is to weak to support major improvement of coverage. Or does Wikipedia activity slumps in the northern summer and pick up now (academic year in the U.S.).

On 1868 in particular, a couple of good secondary sources show that the Mutuals were on the frontier in consorting with gamblers, suspected of throwing games and lesser cooperation. Three Mutuals players were the principals in the biggest (only full-blown?) game-fixing scandal, but the event was 1865. Ryczek (1992: 65) says the following where "[4]" marks the location of his specific reference. "The Brooklyn Eagle confided that by 1868 a number of leading clubs were controlled by gamblers.[4] By that time it was said that the Mutuals had become expert at playing either side of a fix, a useful and rewarding talent." The citation is another secondary source and the Clipper of 1874-08-15. The second sentence seems to be unsourced, probably from the author's voluminous reading of newspapers and scrapbooks. (With the two paragraphs now in Talk rather than in the article, I will say something shorter but to this effect in the Talk.) --P64 20:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I still don't understand why they were taken out, though. What was wrong with them? --Awiseman 20:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)


 * For one matter covered in the two paragraphs --the "Green Stockings" usage, sometimes as a nickname-- I have provided a full report on two hours research using the ProQuest online database. I hope you will take a look and tell me a little more about the issue as you understand it.
 * You may be interested in reading Athletic of Philadelphia or Eckford of Brooklyn, whose article titles follow a different convention, or articles on other NABBP member clubs, or even Boston Red Sox on one modern club. But note, for most baseball clubs, no one knows enough to write anything like that Boston Red Sox Nicknames section. --P64 00:32, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

ballclub names
I wonder what you think of the section Brooklyn Eckfords and I hope you will comment at Talk:Eckford of Brooklyn. I anticipate eventually putting some of this material in a general article like NABBP so that ballclub articles can handle some of it by reference to the general one. --P64 05:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks OK to me. I had some more comments at New York Mutuals though. --Awiseman 13:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)