User talk:Brian0918/Archive 11

Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight
As a member of WikiProject Comics, I thought you might be interested in the Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight we have set up. Please feel free to vote on the articles listed, although bear in mind that a vote for a particular article means you are pledging to help improve the article. The goal of the collaboration is to improve articles to Featured Article status, as we feel Comics is under-represented in that area. Thanks for your help. Steve block talk 15:19, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Pic of the day
Hi Brian,

Just to let you know that your photo Image:Caribou from Wagon Trails.jpg is up for Pic of the Day tomorrow. You can check and improve the associated caption at Picture of the day/September 20, 2005. -- Solipsist 20:31, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Mainpage date
Brian, rather oddly we both edited Template_Talk:Mainpage date at the same time, but I don't know if you saw my message there - do you think what I'm doing is worth it? Thanks, -- High (Hopes) [ (+) ] 18:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm grateful thankful that User:HighHopes is so enthused about the importance of documenting the Mainpage date that he has signed up to do the backlog (and I've signed up to help). Let me admit to my being template challenged. So, how does the new template work? I messed around with it in my sandbox but still couldn't figure it out. :-(  --hydnjo talk 19:42, 21 September 2005 (UTC)


 * The new version still doesn't render properly for me. " Wikipedia:Today's featured article " should render as Today's featured article but doesn't, (it comes out red) when I invoke the template. Maybe it's my browser or something. I hope that it turns out well for the other users. Thanks for your patience, I'm just confused :-) --hydnjo talk 03:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)


 * OK got it. In putting the template on retroactively I was doing MONTH DAY which works fine. Last night however I was invoking with DAY MONTH which isn't fine. The reason for my switching formats was to remind me of when the template was being used to replace the FA date statement (before there was a template). There is no problem with going back and changing the DAY MONTH input sequence but I don't know to enforce this requirement with future users. --hydnjo talk 15:28, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for your support in my RfA. It's nice to finally be an admin. Anyway, enjoy your wikibreak. -R. fiend 16:47, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Greeter
LMFAO im loving the greeter. Job E  6   21:23, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Thanks for putting up the Mainpage date for this article. I'm sure that you had a lot to do with its becoming a FA in the first place so, congratulations. --hydnjo talk 23:28, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * And for the Battle of Hampton Roads. :-) --hydnjo talk 00:36, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Category:Powell and Pressburger films
''The renaming of this to "Films directed by Powell and Pressburger" isn't completely correct. It's true that they were dual directors on many of the films, but on some of them, Pressburger was only the writer, but they are still considered films of "Powell and Pressburger". &mdash; BRIAN 0918 • 2005-09-25 15:48 ''
 * Hmm. Other than removing the articles that do not have both of them, or seperating them to two different cats, I am not sure what to do about it. I posted the Cfr notice on it last week and allowed all of them to be dicussed. I gather most people wouldn't know that, so didn't get any comments about it.  Have any suggestions?  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  15:53, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
 * This seems like something we should probably take back to Cfd. It will take a week, but then we will have a proper discussion about it.  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  15:58, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I removed the entry from the deletion list and added a new Cfd here if you wish to comment on it.  ∞ Who ? ¿ ?  16:17, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Brian, the best suggestion we've had for what is the meaning of those initials Babyface is writing is that it could well be his name. Something like "Theodore d'Arcy Fitzroy". SteveCrook 23:19, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

There are other trivia items about the film on the PaPAS site at www.powell-pressburger.org. Use any you feel are appropriate. SteveCrook 23:19, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Uncalled for comments
Brian, Sorry if you felt like I was being a contrarian, but I found your comment to be quite rude. I would hope you would assume good faith that there was a reason for what I was doing. Films that have been considered the greatest ever has a long history of which you seem to be a recent contributor. The problem has been the large number of people adding films because they are personal favorites. I try to track down the legitamacy of what people add and remove things without citations. This has been the consensus of the editors of the articles. There is also a general organization to the article which has been first listing broad critical acclaim, then audience/box office favorites and then academy awards. It seemed to me to make sense to keep the academy award musicals together. One historian does not make broad critical acclaim, (indeed, perhaps there is broad enough acclaim to list Gigi on top, and I was trying to encourage you to document it more.) My last edit was basically the same information that your has, just ordered differently. I have tried in my edits to give the musical section the same editorial approach that other sections in the article have. Also, the lists have been slowly turning into complete paragraphs and I thought this a good time to make that change also. If I am guilty of anything, it is not leaving you this message sooner to explain thing and I am sorry for that. I just have not had time to do much of anything on Wikipedia recently. -- Samuel Wantman 09:27, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Myfortress
''Why are you removing all the links to myfortress.org? Articles are allowed to have external links that are critical of the article. These pages simply list quotations by the individuals.''
 * I have to disagree. Consider the self-proclaimed purpose of the website, found here.  Hardly a reliable source of anything, if you ask me. -  Jersyko   talk  03:18, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll have to disagree again. If an external link is prima facie not reputable, such as a site that openly announces it's biased/slanted agenda like myfortress, it's truly worthless in the process of compiling an encyclopedia.  I suppose, however, that we'll just have to live with our difference of opinion on this, since this issue is a lot broader than websites dedicated to bashing some crazy televangelists. -  Jersyko   talk  14:16, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Blocks
Heya, you are aware you're supposed to warn people before blocking them, right? Also, please try to avoid personal attacks, especially in block messages. --fvw *  14:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

As above. I became aware of this issue on IRC, #en.wikipedia on freenode, you're welcome to join there to explain your actions if you like. SOme concern has also been expressed at the administrators' noticeboard. I feel that your actions are at the least a severe abuse of discretion. A block for a month for two tests, with the block message of "sneaky bastard" is not acceptable, especially without warnings. Pakaran 14:45, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


 * What they said. A representative sample of all the blocks you've done suggests that they were all done far too hastily, and the personal attacks are also uncalled for. Blocking is a measure to be used when a warning doesn't help, not the first line of defense; you create more problems than you solve when you block too quickly. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 14:46, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Christopher Burke Gibson
Tnx for showing an interest on its talk page (which i make a pt of not lk'g to, lest the added Google attention to it further grieve Dr. Lotspeich). I don't want to call the AfD on the article, given my heavy (and not necessarily entirely wise) involvement in the debate, but for his sake, i'd like to see it quickly drop off the world's radar. Would you consider making the call?. I'd be glad to follow up on the call if you preferred. Tnx. --Jerzy•t 17:37, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * No worries about bringing me further grief. My posting the article in the first place was nothing more than the misguidedness of a newbie.  The sooner the better for it to come down, in my opinion.  It does not matter to me who deletes it, I have saved the text and may forward it to the people who put up christopherbgibson.com a couple months ago.  (Hope that will not violate any wikipedia copyright rules protecting deleted content).  --Daniel Lotspeich 02:03, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

By the way I know that you have established quite the reputation for yourself here at WP, but I found the comments that you left on the talk page of this article less than helpful. As a "newbie" my first article published was a tribute to a dear friend of mine, recently tragically dead. Upon realizing that the article would not meet inclusion criteria, I was eager to see it taken down. Your comments were less than helpful, to say the least. I wish you well and I am a believer in the potential of WP to bring a quality encyclopedia to every person with internet access. In the future, you might do well to consider the consequensences of your words prior to posting.--Gaff talk 09:44, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

1911 EB
Ok, Sorry if I stepped on you or conflicted anywhere. You are doing a magnificent job! --DanielCD 20:22, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your note about my user page. Seems like you're doing a grand job on 1911 (hopefully the information you are putting in isn't too archaic ;-)). I also get frustrated by people using the Google "test" as authoritative - if the web already knew it all there would be less need for Wikipedia! Although I am hestitant to waste much time on the GNAA, it seems like your alphabetic solution is a reasonable way to do it, given that there is no consensus about relative importance. Pcb21| Pete 13:25, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Dodgy image
Hi - why are you adding the unknown source (and uploaded by you) Image:Walmart_greeter.png to new user's pages? It doesn't help those of us trying to deal with backlog of dodgy images to have one seemingly officially placed on new user's pages. It also doesn't have any cultural reference outside North America. From the caption I presume that US supermarkets employ people to welcome new customers. Secretlondon 15:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Hotlist
Thanks for updating the hotlist - but we have to count blue links as well as red ones. (Some blue links point to different subjects than the ones other encyclopedias do.) I have a handy script to keep count, so it's not really necessary to update this unless I'm on holiday. Thanks though, and I hope you stick around and contribute more! – Quadell (talk) 21:18, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey
I've been seeing your work around here, so I decided to give you a barnstar.

(moved to User page)


 * Thanks for the WikiThanks. Molotov (talk) [[Image:Flag of California.png|25px]]  05:05, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey
Hey! Pleas stop calling me a vandal, I just changed Maurice Utrillo's birthdate because I misread his birth certificate (1896 or so was the year his father *recognized* him). And why did you change my Inducks edits? The link to the interview was fine I think (it was used by sebjarod on the french wikipedia, who is also a moderator) so with your permission I've added it back. "Inducks" is not a website but really a database, or maybe a "project". Bye, Herve. Herve661 21:24, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
I'm on the road at the moment. I'll get to it on sunday. --Magnus Manske 17:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. --Magnus Manske 11:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I like to thank you for cleaning up Hero of Ukraine and Order of Canada. Zach (Sound Off) 15:53, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

.ogg file in wiki common
Hello, in may 2005 you have addedt the movie Bonnie_and_Clyde_death_scene.ogg and i wantedt to wach. but i have now idea wich software i need. I tryed Winamp, Mediamonkey, Mediaplayer, different Picture viewer .And I tryed to find somethin else but i can't open the viedeo. It would be relay nice if you could call me a name of software ,wher i can watch it. mayebe to Florian_kuehne_fiwa@web.de because i'm not registered in wikiedia in enlish.this wolud be realy nice. thanks. and excuse me for my bad english

Wikitour
Yeah I think that would be a great idea, but I think for best results wiki should use quicktime VR tours. But either way the more photos to illustrate places around the world the better. Wikipedia would become the first port of call for anyone planning a vacation if we could provide numerous photos on landmarks. I'm not sure if I have anything really suitable for a tour as yet (I will keep it in mind in future though) but I have lots of photos of my local area which I will upload these long holidays when I have some time for wikipedia. I also have about 200 photos of canberra from our school camp - which I'm slowly preparing (I have exams in four weeks and I'm also heavily involved in our annual school magazine SCOBE). Probably the best example for what you are looking for is Commons:Melbourne War Memorial, but even that could do with some more pix. Commons:Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne has a fair few as well. Anyway the project works, but I don't have too much time more to devote to other projects so I'll just make an effort to photograph things from numerous angles and maybe some nice pano's which can be made into quicktime VR tours if possible. BTW, your flattery is flawless! "premier photographer on Wikipedia"! I would have supported any project :-)! But I do think this will be a good idea. --Fir0002 02:26, 23 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah I think a sister project is probably not necessary, a WikiProject would do the trick. --Fir0002 02:44, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Sicilian Baroque
On my way to bed, Brian, it's 4:30 AM here. Mostly, I think your changes are of wording that's fine into other wording that's also fine. For instance "as a consequence" --> "consequently". Matters of taste, as I said. Maybe that one's not the best example. Anyway, these I thought detrimental:

"Then came the paid employees"-->"Then were also paid employees"; "Sicilian Baroque was gradually and slowly superseded" --> "Sicilian Baroque gradually and slowly was superseded"; "To fully appreciate Sicilian Baroque" --> "To appreciate fully Sicilian Baroque".

The first two are strange to my ear, perhaps they weren't meant to be that way? The third I understand is an expression of your regard for the rule against splitting infinitives, but I (along with most professional grammarians) disagree that there is an absolute or mechanical rule, or that it ought to be applied in such a case, where it means pushing in the adverb between verb and object (the rule against that has well-defined exceptions, but this ain't one of them). I mean, would you actually say "To appreciate fully Sicilian Baroque"? Can you even say it? Me, I can't get my tongue round it. The original is much more natural. I don't mean to say you didn't do good fixes also. Bishonen | talk 02:48, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Bezantée
The 1911 encyclopedia is very old, antiquated, and sometimes errors. Often the names given to a certain style change during 100years. Perhaps, it would be a good idea if you find an example of this word relating directly to Norman architecture - an illustration would be helpful too. As a rule the Norman's favoured "chevron moulding" - sometimes confused with "dog's tooth moulding" and occasionally "rope moulding" and "billet moulding". I would also remind you that the title of the page is "Bezantée". I have looked through many reference books on the subject I can find no mention of "Bezantée moulding" relating directly and exclusively to Norman architecture. From the tone of your edit summary you know better. Giano | talk 19:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I thought from your tone you understood architecture. The word is a corruption of Byzantine, and can be applied to architecture in any one of a number of ways from domes to tribunes to windows and brickwork. It does not apply to one specific moulding; and if it did "Bezantee" would probably not be the chosen version of the word today. Giano | talk 19:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * as far as I am concerned the term Bezantée moulding, does not exist. I hope to be proved wrong in the next couple of days when you have researches this interesting decorative feature. Giano | talk 21:18, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Absolutely nothing I'm happy to say. It is full of antiquated ideas and errors.  Until recently Wikipedia was in danger of becoming a  1911 text dump.  Happily that situation is now being resolved.  If you want proof check out the entire history of such pages as John Vanbrugh which had this unhappy start to life, and you will see what I mean. I'm sure in 1911 it was very useful, but the world has moved on a little since then. Giano | talk 21:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not reverting you, merely trying to make this project as accurate and up to date as possible. In English (this is an English language encyclopedia) an accent, acute or grave, counts for nothing. In fact many people consider it unnecessary.  It is used in certain words of French origin "fiancee" and  "nee" immediately spring to mind, it is not an error to omit it, in fact its inclusion for a word in common English parlance could be thought of as an affectation.  Oh,  and your yellow "leave a new message sign" is irritating because for a millisecond  it immediately makes one thinks one has a new message oneself. Giano | talk 23:11, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Ancón
Hi there, I notice you turned Ancón into a disambiguation page and moved the old article to Ancón (district). However, the standard for Peruvian district article names is "Districtname District" and I don't seem to be able to move the page, so since you're an admin, could you please do it? Thanks. --Tuomas  hello 23:06, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Unnecessary disambiguation
RE: Brander: "In most cases, do not list names of which Title is a part, unless the persons are very frequently referred to simply by their first or last name (e.g. Galileo, Shakespeare)." and "Disambiguation pages are not intended for games of "free association". Please use them carefully and only when needed {emphasis added}." from Disambiguation. 24.17.48.241 06:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Protecting Wikipedia talk:Tools/1-Click Answers
Please don't protect discussion pages. —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 21:17, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Find-a-Grave
Don't delete blue links unless you've verified that they go to the correct person.

Uh huh. And the contradiction with sentence one...? --Calton | Talk 05:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Find-a-Grave
On the Find-a-Grave lists, it might be worthwhile to add alphabetical headings so that edits can be made in more managable bites (see B and S for an example). I'll hold off doing more chunking till you see if you agree or disagree. - Nunh-huh 05:54, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Ah, true...headings alone won't cut down on the initial load time. Smaller pages, then! - Nunh-huh 06:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Well I think it almost made sense. Take a look at Find-A-Grave famous people/W. I can't quite make the subpage links work yet, so I'll hold off again... I think they may be red waiting to be cached, but we'll see. - Nunh-huh 06:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, it seems to be a capitalization problem (capital W diff from lowercase w). I'll move the pages. - Nunh-huh 06:34, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * W now seems functional but perhaps I'd better leave making subpages to you. - Nunh-huh 06:49, 25 October 2005 (UTC)