User talk:Badbilltucker/Archive/Oct

Archive Oct, 2006

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List of comic strips
It occurs to me another way of splitting it might be to go down a country of original publication route, so have a List of American comic strips, and list of British comic strips, and so on and so forth. What's your thoughts? Hiding The wikipedian meme 21:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Sounds fine to me. The only question would be how many categories to include? I know that Adamson was syndicated under a variety of names in the US for some years, and I'm not sure how many countires of origin beyond the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, etc. should be included. Badbilltucker 23:40, 30 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Not sure I understand your point. What do you mean when you say categories, and who or what are you referring to when you say Adamson? As to countries of origin, when someone wants one I don't create, they'll most likely create it. Hiding Talk 16:06, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

And my boundless thanks to Mr. Hiding, the Wikipedian meme, for his work on fixing my my mistakes on the list cited above. I know that he doesn't like having his own talk page cluttered with too many effusive thanks, and I feel strange putting it here myself, but such thanks are certainly in order in this instance. Thank you again, sir. Badbilltucker 13:10, 12 June 2006 (UTC) My mistake. I should have stated that we should have at least one list of strips from countries other than the UK, US, Canada (categorized by nation of origin), and the other significant producers. Adamson is the title of a (Swedish?) wordless comic strip which ran for several years, and, if I read it right, was maybe syndicated three times under different titles in the US market. However, I do think that separate pages for at least the US and UK strips would be probably the best way to go with them, as that is consistent with the way that things are done elsewhere here. Badbilltucker 01:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

And my boundless thanks to Mr. Hiding, the Wikipedian meme, for his work on fixing my my mistakes on the list cited above. I know that he doesn't like having his own talk page cluttered with too many effusive thanks, and I feel strange putting it here myself, but such thanks are certainly in order in this instance. Thank you again, sir. Badbilltucker 13:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome and congratulations on joining the project! It's nice to have another member, we haven't had any for a while. :) Sergeant   Snopake  21:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Mell Lazarus
The two L's aren't a typo, that's really how it's spelled. see for yourself Jfpierce 04:30, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Not disagreeing with you, but I do note that the [Mel Lazarus page on the Lambiek Comiclopedia] and a few other sites as well go with the single L in the name Mel Lazarus, although they indicate that his actual name is spelled with two L's. I'm not really sure which would be preferable. Please advise. Badbilltucker 13:20, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I would say the way Lazarus spells his first name on his comic strip and the way his syndicate prints his first name, which is Mell with two L's. I don't know why Lambiek uses the one-L spelling, but I see no reason to go against the cartoonist's own use. --Metropolitan90 01:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to WikiProject Novels
Hi thank you for joining the WikiProject. There is still plenty of scope for influencing things and making your contribution count. We are about establishing standards for Novel based articles and writing articles that meet our own and others high standards, and to improve Wikipedia's diet of articles on Fiction books, otherwise called Novels. You might also like to add our userbox  to your userpage to indicate yourself as a member there. If you have any questions, do ask. Please be very welcome. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  08:34, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the WikiProject Catholicism 101!
Hello,, and welcome to the Wikiproject:Catholicism 101! Thank you for your generous offer to help contribute. I'm sure your input will be much appreciated. I hope you enjoy contributing here and being a Catholic Project Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to discuss anything on the project Talk page, or to leave a message on my own talk page. Please sign all your comments, and be bold with your edits. Again, welcome, and God Bless! --  MamaGeek  TALK   CONTRIB    11:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Novels WikiProject Newsletter June 2006
Here is a new initiative for our project. You are recieving this as you have at some point signed up as a "member" of the project. Have a look at the newsletter via the link and see what you think. The June 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  09:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

The awesome people from City X cats
Good work on some of these subcats. I have been meaning to work on some of those. I did trim down some of the area that would be used to describe Category:People from Huntington, West Virginia The MSA is cobbled together around 3 small cities. People from the Kentucky counties would feel an bond with  young  american  (ahoy-hoy) 23:45, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for creating these! I just found your note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wisconsin, and wanted to let you know that they're being well-used already. I'm using AWB to better populate them (starting with Wisconsin, I have some other states I'm interested in too) and already (just a few weeks later) surprisingly few people are present in the state category who need to be moved down -- the majority of the additions I'm making are articles that had no origin cat whatsoever. Anyway, they are proving useful and used! --Dhartung | Talk 12:07, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza nominations
Just to let you know I've had to remove your votes in the Esperanza nominations: members had to be members as of 21st June, and you just missed it. Apologies, thanks for taking the effort and caring enough to vote anyway, you can vote next time! -- 9  cds (talk) 14:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Novels WikiProject Newsletter July 2006
Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter. The July 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  14:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Catholicism Assessment
Hello, fellow WikiProject Catholicism member. The project has recently begun work on assessing articles relating to Catholicism, and you are invited to comment and participate. The subpage for this assessment is located here. Thank you. — Mi ra  07:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Novels Collaboration of the Month
You supported the idea of a Novels Collaboration so our first is The Mystery of the Yellow Room, which has been selected as the Novels WikiProject's new Collaboration of the Month. Please help improve this article towards featured article standard. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  10:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Just about got this up and running. We've gone with a single article for now, and see how it goes. If you can please get envolved. thanks :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  10:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Henry Eugene Abbey
Hi, Bad Bill :) As a previous contributor to the Henry Eugene Abbey article, it was nice to see that you added some more information.  I found it somewhat difficult to find much more about him when I made my additions to the article some months ago.  Cheers, Lini 22:22, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I reverted one of your edits and feel I should explain why
You have made many substantial and worthwhile edits to some of the pages I created or was a major contributor. On the Dow Finsterwald page, I reverted your Category: Fort Worthian edit. Dow Sr. was born and raised in Athens, Ohio and currently lives in Colorado Springs in the summer and Florida in the winter. It is his son, Dow Jr., who is a Fort Worthian. Keep up the good work.--Hokeman 03:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Novels WikiProject Newsletter August 2006
Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter. The August 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  11:30, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Methodism-stub
I don't know if you check WSS/P regularly, but lest you have given up in despair, I've commented further here. Alai 03:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask another fellow member, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! plange 15:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Hugh Buchanan
I cannot find an article on Hugh Buchanan, but Argyleshire is an archaic spelling of Argyllshire, the anglified version of Argyll (abolished 1975), which is now (mostly) part of Argyll and Bute.

If you are doing an article on this chap, you should probably put him in Category:Natives of Argyll and Bute. Hope that is of assistance. PS. there is a very famous street in Glasgow called Argyle Street which uses the old spelling. See Argyle socks too! See Argyle. --Mais oui! 22:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Possible weaknesses of article
Hi Bill, You commented on an article I was working on around the tenth of this month. I have it done now, and before I post it, I was hoping you would have a moment to look it over. The article is located Here. Thanks in advance. Somnabot 21:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Something tells me you're on vacation... I have posted the article, but if you could, please look at it. The article is located here. Somnabot 17:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry about the delay there. The article looks fine.  The only objection I can imagine is that it might be a bit long for a state legislator, and that others might see it as being a piece of propoganda.  But that accusation gets levelled at all articles about sitting politicans, so I wouldn't necessarily pay any attention to it.  I wish any of the pathetic little stubs I've put together on politicians were as good as this.  Badbilltucker 23:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you Bill, I really appreciate the time you spent on this. If you don't mind, I am having problems with another user in regards to this article, as well as an article about this politician's opponent. If you have the time, there is a brief summary of events located here Somnabot 05:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Category:People from Texas
I noted that User:Chicheley removed the template from the category. The template itself said that it was never to be removed. I have no way of knowing, and am on that basis asking whether this user may have acted against the explicit guidelines of the template and whether it should be restored. Badbilltucker 17:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You should speak to the person about it, ask Chicheley why they removed the template and if they have a problem with putting it back on if you think it should. talk to JD wants e-mail 17:23, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry if I apparently phrased that statement poorly. I should note that I was NOT the one who put the template there, by the way.  Am I to assume that the banner was not, as it were, "officially" placed there?  That was the assumption I was operating on and the reason behind the question in the first place.  Badbilltucker 17:41, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't think it were officially placed there, I'm guessing it just was put there as a notice so that people viewing the category would know that it needs to be sorted out. talk to JD wants e-mail 17:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Work via WikiProjects
Hi Bad Bill, I just read your latest comments at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council. A lot of what you are proposing is already being done, albeit slowly, at Work via WikiProjects. You can see a typical posting and response at the Anglicanism project, and the resultant worklist here. Likewise the Cathlicism is generating their worklist via the bot. All of this information is then collected here and summarized here (this last one needs an update). Our main goal is to get lists of the best and most important articles from all WikiProjects, then try to put those all together for a CD, DVD or paper version of Wikipedia. The secondary goal is essentially the same as the new WP Council, to help projects (and notice boards) talk to each other and share ideas - and this has indeed happened. We have already contacted most of the projects that were listed on the main list about a year ago, this posting is in fact our "second round".

I was wondering if you might be interested in helping out with this project. We have only had a handful of people, typically only 2 or 3 active people at any time, and only one (me!) active right now. At the same time, this small project helped to promote the idea of article assessments and key articles, and was instrumental in arranging for Mathbot to work for the WikiProjects. So I think the time invested in this project has been extremely fruitful so far - and, quite frankly, exciting at times. We have also already laid the foundations for the inter-project discussions you were proposing. Would you be interested in working on this a bit? I'd really appreciate some help! Thanks, Walkerma 23:13, 27 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for signing on! Regarding contacting individuals from inactive projects, I have in fact done that on one or two occasions, particularly with major subject areas.  As for the WP Council, I think we should raise that issue with on the WP Council talk pages (I'm heading home soon, can't do this right now).  The other main person likely to work on WVWP is Tito (User:Titoxd) and he is on the council too, so it won't upset anyone.  If you're willing to do some of these contacts, we need to decide how to divvy up the list - in the past this has generally been along the lines of "I'll finish the sciences if you can do the arts ones".  You follow up afterwards to check for responses and record the information.  Is there a particular set of projects you'd be most interested in contacting?  For many of the pages, I need to do a lot of work to set them up - it's very involved so I won't burden you with that part.  Thanks again, this is a great help! Walkerma 21:31, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

List of Project Banners
Yes I'd like a copy of the list of project banners as soon as you are finished updating. Thank you.robertjohnsonrj 23:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Council
Sorry for asking here, but when will we review wikiprojects? Or there will be any "peer review" for the projects or we just help them to improve? Thanks for the answer in advance. NCurse work 15:10, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for the long answer! Now I create a plan about how to help this Council and I'll make a request at the council's discussion page. I hope I can help. I have two ideas:

But I'll write these there too. NCurse work 16:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I could fix and fulfill the list of wikiprojects related to science (or more specifically medicine, health)
 * Maybe we could create a new page for inactive projects for those who would like to maintain one but can't find out how to find a project without active maintainer.


 * You gave me power. :) Done... NCurse [[Image:Edu science.png|16px]]work 16:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

WPBio
Hi Bill. If you're tagging a talk page with WPBiography|living=yes, could you also add the article to Category:Living people if it's not in it already. If there's no date of birth, add Category:Date of birth missing, if there's no year of birth Category:Year of birth missing. On other hand, if they're dead but the article doesn't say when they died we have Category:Year of death missing.

This is work that humans can do much better than bots, so your help fixing these little issues when you find them would me much appreciated! Cheers. (No reply needed). --kingboyk 16:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Revert userpage
An anon changed your userpage, I reverted it. I hope it wasn't you. NCurse work 06:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Roxbury, Massachusetts and Joseph Alexander Ames
Hi—I moved your Ames material from the Roxbury page to a new one, and added a bit to it. Feel free to fix any mistakes I introduced. —johndburger 14:09, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV (September 2006)
The September 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

This is an automated delivery by grafikbot 12:31, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Clinton Bristow, Jr.
Copied from Lincher's talk page.

The article contains a stub template. You classified it as a start article. There might be a conflict here, but I don't know which is right. Just thought you might like to know. Badbilltucker 15:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Please take a look at this page for the assessment criteria : WikiProject Biography/Assessment. I have given Start-class because this article cites its references, has a picture and has somewhat a format to grow, not like usual stubs. Lincher 15:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll remove the stub template from the article itself, then. Thanks for the quick response.  Badbilltucker 15:09, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Alphabetical list of WikiProjects
Hey! Very nice work on the list! You might want to take a look at what's currently happening with the directory, though; the latest idea seems to be alphabetical listing within broad subject areas, which may remove the need for a second alphabetical list.

I just wanted to let you know so you can avoid spending too much time turning the list into charts in case it doesn't get used later on. :-) Kirill Lokshin 17:28, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Move Roman Catholic Church to Catholic Church
There is a vote at Talk:Roman Catholic Church: A Vote on the Title of this Article on moving Roman Catholic Church to Catholic Church. You are invited to review it. --WikiCats 04:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Shortcuts?
Please see my comment here. Thanks! ;-) Kirill Lokshin 15:02, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Which member?
You will see now how the two paragraphs in Project Underground are different. Lenny 07:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Name?
The top of the page clearly states that the project is called WikiProject Underground. We are discussing whether to include other systems to. But in the meantime London Underground, Overground and DLR are our piority. Eeither way I do not wish to change the name of the project. 15:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Biography Newsletter September 2006
The September 2006 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 00:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Hong Kong
I've revamped and given new direction to the WikiProject Hong Kong page. Feel free to invite more people to join. The more people the more effective. Be sure to also try and tag as many Hong Kong-related articles as possible with the WikiProject Hong Kong infobox found on the project page. Looking forward to working with you. Luke 04:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Secondary Schools in Noida
Hi bro thanks for the info. I will join the project you told me about from today itself. I wanted to know whether I am allowed to save a copy of page for the project I have started on my userpage. Sometimes the admins can be weird (no offense if you're one). I hope you can help me with an advice on this. Unitedroad 10:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

The Halo's RfA


re:Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory
Well if the current directory isn't finnished, I don't see why the previous List of Wikiprojects was prematurely turned into a redirect. I would propose reinstating the old nested hierachy list until the directory is properly sorted and categorized. Sorry I just barged into the Council project the way I did.--Andrew c 20:19, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks for the info. If there is anything I could do to help, I would like to do that, but it seems like the council has its stuff together so I wouldn't know where to jump in.--Andrew c 18:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

MY RfA
Hey Badbilltucker, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your kind comments and support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 10:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Days of the year
Yes, a membership list is long overdue... -- Robocoder ( talk | contribs ) 05:37, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


 * User:Benjaminevans82 just pointed me to WikiProject Days of the year; I've added myself to the membership list. -- Jim Douglas 20:59, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Historical information
You have indicated that you may be interested in joining WikiProject Historical information. Has the time come?&mdash;msh210 &#x2120; 21:55, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Mythology Project Group
Hi Bullfinger thanks for signalling to me I should join Wiki mythology project because its likely to close without members. I want to be a member of that project but I dont know how to join? Maybe there should be how to join on the page ? Goldenrowley 19:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Re:Wikiproject NFL Rookies
No, don't delete it. I am going to try again next year, and will move it to a user subpage untill then. Thanks, Wikipedia's   False Prophet   holla at me   Improve Me 17:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks:, and nice meeting you. --Bhadani 15:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Elections
 Esperanza elections 

Thanks for supporting me in the September Advisory Council Esperanza elections. Although I wasn't elected to the Advisory Council, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was shocked at the support, and was touched by it. Hopefully I will re-apply in March and try again for the job. Thanks again, H ig hway Daytrippers  23:46, 30 September 2006 (UTC)