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 * yummy Badmachine (talk) 03:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

War on Drugs
please help me figure what i did wrong in this edit. i ended up fixing it, but if you look here

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_on_Drugs&diff=prev&oldid=203845561

you can see that the formatting got vucked. the 'history' section was gone from the contents table, and placed above the table even though no change was made to the part that links the table and the text, ie '==history=='.

thank you

Badmachine (talk) 22:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That was actually a common one. If you include a space in front of a line, it generates that box effect you see. -Optigan13 (talk) 22:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

just cant seem to get it right today... guess im going to give up
just kidding. but i made 6 edits in a row on an article today. the first was a minor misspelling fix, then it took 5 edits to fit jocelyn elders into the war on drugs page. jeez, i think im going to take a nap. (=


 * and worse, i just realised that i didnt even fit her name into my edit. im not going to do that today given my run of bad luck. and many thanks to optigan13 who pointed out that my error was fairly common; now i dont feel so bad about it. - restored from Revision as of 22:43, 6 April 2008 badmachine (talk) 05:42, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Gov John Gilligan.jpg
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Aranda Residence
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Paul Baressi
BADMACHINE: There is a book published few years ago called CENTER SQUARE. It details how Barresi found Paul Lynde's body. There is your source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.160.11.36 (talk) 01:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Wilson, Steve & Joe Florenski, Center Square - The Paul Lynde Story. New York, NY:Advocate Publishing. 2005.

Please learn to site sources correctly -- HOWEVER this is not in the Article and Advocate's, Wilson's and Florenski's sources appear to be rather tainted. Rednath (talk) 15:54, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * since i havent contributed to any articles lately, please indicate where i incorrectly sited (sic) a source. although i believe i am a fair hand at doing this, any help you can offer is appreciated. i am always happy to learn from my mistakes. many thanks, shawn Badmachine (talk) 09:34, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry Badmachine, I did not mean that comment for you I meant it for IP 71.160.11.36 who I traced to be Mr. Paul Barresi, himself... He tends to throw articles and book titles at people and does not give a date, publisher or author -- MY BAD for not making it clear!  I think the IP was rude to you and was just trying to help as this guy has left obnoxious suggestions and incomplete information all over...  I apologize!  Rednath (talk) 06:23, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Tenderloin, San Francisco, California
Thanks for your note. I did in fact remove the paragraph, as well as some surrounding ones, as unsourced or WP:OR. But I'd say there are undoubtedly references in reliable sources to drug dealing in the Tenderloin, in the SF Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian, or SF Weekly, and if they can be found, by all means feel free to rewrite some of that material with sources. Best, MCB (talk) 05:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

Observer effect (disambiguation)
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 * i made Observer effect (disambiguation) after hearing the phrase used in the latest episode of King of the Hill. when i looked it up here on wikipedia, i was taken to a star trek article, and didnt know there were other uses. i put an tag on the star trek article and the experimental research article after i found that it isn't just an episode of star trek. at least it is better than it was. badmachine (talk) badmachine (talk) 04:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC) edited badmachine (talk) 05:47, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2008 Bugchasing and giftgiving Manhunt.net
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 * your message is perplexing, since i dont remember editing the article, and dont see my name in the history. please let me know. badmachine (talk) 08:11, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * There i changed it to the correct article, Manhunt.net, You left an edit summary but it was an automatic one. If you get in the habit of always saying what you are doing, you wont ever forget an edit summary :) well for most of the time lol.  Dillard421 (talk • contribs)  08:47, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bristol Hotel San Francisco
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 * its a goner. i took the redlinks out of Hotel Bristol, Valerie Solanas, and Richard Ramirez. badmachine (talk) 08:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

western electric telephones
Hi,

I noticed that you are the editor who created the Western Electric model 1500 telephone and Western Electric model 2500 telephone pages on 28 November 2008. Note that these two model telephones are technically members of the Model 500 telephone series. While I am assuming good faith in your edits, I am concerned that adding two articles to Wikipedia about subjects which are closely related to a subject (Model 500 telephone) that already has an article, and that could just as easily be described in that related article, adds extra clutter to the encyclopedia. Remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia; all articles must follow Neutral point of view, Verifiability, and No original research. So I am proposing those two articles to be merged into Model 500 telephone. Please understand that I while I am a telephone geek/collector too, I have a lot of respect for Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Feel free to discuss the proposed merge at Talk:Model 500 telephone. Thank you.

-- [ |Retro00064 | (talk/contribs) | ] 03:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

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Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog
Please show me where the accent is explained, as I couldn't find it. Besides, I don't think there is anything wrong with mentioning it in the opening paragraph, even as a recap. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 21:39, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * youre absolutely right. i thought it was there, and in fact thought his accent was described as russian. i have undone my removal of your edit. my apologies. badmachine (talk) 00:15, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * NP at all, thanks a lot. On the other hand, I just listened to him again and his accent fits the "Yugoslavian Mountain Hound" story much better, so I fixed it. Sometimes our memory can betray us. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 06:07, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * look through the history and you may find where it was removed. it was sourced and everything... i think it was smigel himself who described the accent as russian babushka but my memory aint what it was. badmachine (talk) 06:25, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Couldn't find it in the history. Nevertheless, check it out now – should be fine. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 07:18, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * like you said 'Sometimes our memory can betray us.' looks like mine did. nice wording in the article btw. badmachine (talk) 07:24, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * 10x, glad to help out. 87.69.130.159 (talk) 07:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Your warning
How did you get that, and is it possible to use it with huggle? AndrewrpTally-ho! 15:11, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * presuming you mean the not-so-nice comment left here, that was borne of frustration and wasnt the result of any script, automation or automatic task. in any case, the user was reported and is now blocked. badmachine (talk) 16:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks! AndrewrpTally-ho! 16:45, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * sure, sorry i couldnt be more help. badmachine (talk) 16:52, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

coosh
positive. i've added another ref to the article to complement the recipe that's already there. --emerson7 13:54, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

addition of 'conflict of interest' tag to Hank Wilson
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AfD nomination of Michael Prinz von Anhalt
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