User talk:Bethling/Archive 1

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Strawpoll
Hello Bethling. First of all, the city of Boston has 559,034 as stated on their page. Since the city of Boston only contains this number, this is the population they have, and the population, based on the city defined boundaries does not include all of the metro area. To include all of the metro area would mean including other cities than Boston in the equation, when those numbers do not belong to Boston. I will fix Austin, I just caught the mistake. Thanks. Ericsaindon2 06:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * How do you feel about the overall structure? It is hard to narrow it down to make just one strawpoll. Ericsaindon2 06:42, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Sadoway
Thanks for your efforts! Bwithh 02:26, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Help Needed
Please!

Who are you, could you tell me?
First let me know who are you, where from and why are you editing Salim Saifullah's Page?

I surely need help by you.

I haven't inserted those.
Even I myself am against that.

Salim Saifullah Khan
It was recently closed as a speedy keep due to a bad faith nom. You were probably just being a good samaritan in listing it for your friend above but I would recommend the next time you do such a listing to make clear if you're neutral or have no vote. At first glance it would look like you're doing the bad faith nom. Just an FYI. 205.157.110.11 11:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Go raibh maith agat!
Hi there Bethling!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!  hoopydink Conas tá tú? 03:46, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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J. Appleseed
Thanks for the careful work you put into appraising Johnny Appleseed.

There's a compatibility issue with Cite.php and Template:cquote. If you put the citation within the excerpt, it looks like the citation is being quoted, which is obviously a fraud upon the user. If you put the citation after the excerpt, it ends up against the left margin, a consider distance below the excerpt, where it isn't recognizable as a superscript pertaining to the excerpt. The only place that works is to put it before the excerpt.

You will notice that because of that incompatibility, there are textual inline citations identifying the source for each excerpt in addition to the footnotes. In the case of Howe, there was material which indicated the historical value of the source; however, in the other two cases, the lead-in was essentially saying the same thing as the footnote, so I had originally omitted the footnotes as redundant.

I believe everything should pass muster now. Thanks for the other suggestions as well. ClairSamoht - Help make Wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world 07:45, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Esthero
My edit wasn't a test. I've undone the damage you've done with your happy trigger finger. Next time think before you revert. Anonymous 57 04:11, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Personal computer game
Thank you very much for the excellent notes you left in failing Personal Computer Game's GA nomination. I've replied on the talk page, but I thought I should thank you here as well - your comments were very useful, and will be something to keep in mind between now, and the next nomination. So few people actively edit the article, it's often hard to get feedback of any kind, so I'm very grateful that you provided as much detail as you did.

Thanks again! If you ever need a editor review, I'll be right there waiting to help. :) Daveydw ee b ( chat/patch ) 12:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi again. I've gone through Personal computer game and stripped out a large number of unsourceable assertions, providing references for the rest. I'd be grateful if you could take another look at the article (as if you haven't spent enough time there already :) ) to check that there are no outstanding problems.


 * What is the rule for re-nominating GA candidates. Would it be a faux pas for me to put this back up so soon after it failed?


 * Thanks in advance. :) Daveydw ee b ( chat/patch ) 12:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Well! I've added references for every fact tag, and an extra one under "Distribution" (regarding the way the majority of games are sold). I'm now re-nominating the article, although I'm still happy to hear about any concerns you may have regarding its quality. Thanks again for all your help. :) Daveydw ee b ( chat/patch ) 08:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Bethling! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Prodego talk  01:54, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Guinness In-Line Cites
Thanks for the comments and would love to make the necessary changes, but I guess I am confused, what exactly are "in-line" citations as opposed to just citations? And are you concerned that: a) There are not enough citations?; b) the citations are poorly done?; or c) is there something else entirely missing? Thanks.--Gangster Octopus 16:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect edit summary in guideline revert
Your summary here is factually incorrect. Many guideline pages state that there is disagreement among editors. -- SCZenz 01:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I appologize, but at the state of the discussion at this point it really felt like something that didn't belong there (at leat yet). I won't revert if you put it back. -- The Bethling (Talk) 01:37, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see what you're claiming. The state of the discussion makes it clear that the wording you prefer was controversial.  I even cited some arguments on the subject.  So it seems quite appropriate to me to include the statement there.  -- SCZenz 01:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * At that moment I disagreed, perhaps I didn't assume enough good faith.  It's obvious you feel more strongly about it than I do. And again, I do appologize if I miss interpreted your intentions.  --- The Bethling (Talk) 01:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, fair enough, no hard feelings. I took on this issue on behalf of a number of members of my WikiProject, physicists who saw some difficulties with that criterion (or at least the way it was being applied)&mdash;that's my reason for my enthusiasim on the subject. -- SCZenz 02:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Good :) I was a Physics minor once apon a time (before I discovered wine...good thing, or else I might not have made it out of school :-D), so I can see (to some degree), the reasoning on both sides.  I'm just glad that the debate is where it belongs now. The Bethling (Talk) 02:09, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Beer article status
I have commented on your request for in line citations in beer but as this is rather a general comment regarding GA status and point 2b compliance then it may be better to conduct any discussion in a more general forum than an articles talk page. But I'll leave this in your hands.--Pypex 14:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Fryeburg fair
Hey, no problem. I've put the copyvio tag on the article and reported it at Copyright problems. Ripogenus77 00:02, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Fair use in portals
As you might know, we've had problems with the use of fair use images in the Dragonlance portal, and so, after debate on the talk page of Wikipedia: Fair use, I've created an amendment for fair use in portals, see here: Fair use/Amendment/Fair use images in portals. It would be great if you could express your support. ddcc 21:53, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request
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Chapel Hill Transit
You have previously evaluated the GA candidacy for my page, Chapel Hill Transit. Can you please look it again and tell me if I should renominate it? I corrected all of the errors you have pointed out. --Ineffable3000 00:57, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

It's not a biggie
And it certainly not worth distracting from the current discussion on the wine template but I'm a She. :p Agne 09:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * *blush*  Sorry about that.   I should know better than to just assume someone's sex.   --- The Bethling (Talk) 09:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Like I said, no biggies. It's hard to tell with my username and I tend to avoid using pink :p Agne 10:19, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

New Wine Discussion (by Agne) : Input Requested
Dear WikiProject_Wine member:

There is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wine that has become
 * Wikipedia is not a wine guide

Please add your comments/input to the talk page Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_is_not_a_wine_guide.

Thanks! Regards -- Steve.Moulding 19:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for Charles Heidsieck was successful
Thanks for your contributions!  Nish kid 64  21:52, 7 February 2007 (UTC)