User talk:Brighterorange/Archive2

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Saryn Hooks
You participated in the Finola Hackett AfD. Please also join the discussion here: Articles for deletion/Saryn Hooks (second nomination). Thank you. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:28, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

P-1000 AFD
Hey Brighterorange, I'm writing to see if you might have another look at the AFD for P-1000 here. I posted a comment there about my failure to find reliable sources describing the P-1000. I'm posting on your talk because you commented on the AFD three days ago and I thought you might not be watching it. Later! TomTheHand 00:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikizeyi (talk) 23:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

AfD de_chateau
Just wanted to let you know that one of our CS maps is up for deletion. I'm not sure why they're picking on this one, but here's the link Articles_for_deletion/De_chateau David Bergan 16:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Do you know...
Richard Albagli?
 * I don't think so. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 01:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Another AfD on the CS Maps
Thanks for your input on the last one, this is getting sickening, but the vote is against us right now. Articles_for_deletion/Counter-Strike_maps David Bergan 21:08, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't be sad, it's not a vote, and I think people are receptive to good arguments. (I already commented on the new AfD this morning.) &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 22:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

2006 Long Island Sound Plane Crash
Help!, other useres are trying to delete my article but I objected saying that the plane crash is notable. Please vote keep on the vote page in order to save this article.Storm05 13:50, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Image problem on "Albright Special" page?
Isn't there a problem with the instructional diagram and the photograph on the stub page for the Albright Special knot (bend)? In an Albright tied correctly (for fishing with monofilament line, anyway), it's important that the tag end and standing part of the light line exit from the same side of the bight in the heavier line. This is not true in the photograph Albright_Special.jpg. It is also not true in the the two middle steps illustrated in Albright_Special_Diagram.jpg, which cannot follow from the first step nor lead to the final step (the first and last steps are correct). (Forgive my ineptness; I've never contributed to Wikipedia before now in any way. I just curiously searched for this knot because it's one I use routinely for fishing.)
 * I'll take a look. I used a book on knots for a reference, but if I made a mistake or if the reference is wrong, we should fix it. The diagram isn't mine. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

AfD on Individual Counter-Strike maps
Just wanted to inform you of Articles_for_deletion/Individual_Counter-Strike_maps (July 17, 2006). I'm alerting everyone who had more than 2 edits in one of the previous AfDs. Kind regards, David Bergan 19:09, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Next WikiProject Punctuation
Hi, Was wondering when you are pulling the next dump off for the Project Punctuation?

Im thinking, that after the articles have been punctuated, i may run AWB over them with RETF to catch other spellings....

Wonder if there is a way to get AWB to look for missing '.'...

I will enquire

Reedy Boy 08:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't have any specific plans. Perhaps September again? I've been thinking of doing a round to look for em dashes and en dashes that could be rendered better. But there are a lot of these. Maybe it would be good to integrate with some kind of automated editing process... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 14:22, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

14 Year Old Girls
Seeing as you voted on the previous AfD, I thought I would alert you to a new AfD on 14 Year Old Girls. PT (s-s-s-s ) 20:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

"en dash"
Hello - I just noticed your edit to the Bob O'Connor article, about inserting "en dash".

I saw what the edit did. Can you explain to me what that actually does, or what effect it has, versus the actual "-" character? I'm just curious...an opportunity to learn something new. Thanks! NickBurns 21:12, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure. You can read all about the different style of dashes in the dash article or Manual of Style (dashes). The en dash is about twice as long as the hyphen, and is used to indicate numeric ranges (among other things). Compare 1-10 vs. 1–10. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I appreciate your replacement of hyphens with ndashes. I've done quite a lot of that kind of editing myself, although I change them to "–".  I'm not sure how you are doing it.  But anyway, my current obsession is with the ordinal congresses, e.g. 1st United States Congress and congressional delegations, e.g. United States Congressional Delegations from Alabama.  Most of these have inappropriate hyphens for ranges of years.  Do you have a bot that could easily tackle all of these?  I sure would appreciate it.  Thanks.--Appraiser 15:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I used to use the html entities exclusively, but I actually think that the unicode characters '–' and '—' are the better way to go because they look better while editing. They're available in the edittools box below the save page button. I don't have a bot for it; I think that there are too many false positive scenarios for it to be totally automatic. However I have been working on a script that can do most of the work with a little human oversight. It's at User:brighterorange/punctuation.js. If you want to try it out, let me know so I can write some documentation. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk)
 * The script works well on these pages. I did up to and including Illinois. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 18:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I reverted your auto edits over at 3D Monster Maze since in things like "1234-05" yyyy-mm dates it is not a range of numbers, so endash is inappropriate; moreover, this way it is inconsistent with the neighbouring "1234-05-67" yyyy-mm-dd style dates. Please adjust your script... --BACbKA 13:05, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't know why I did that. Thank you. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 16:42, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Caterpillar Face
Easily my favourite picture on wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jellocube27 (talk • contribs)
 * Cool, thanks! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Indzhe
Thanks for your kind words on this AfD - they were appreciated. Dl yo ns 493  Ta lk   01:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikimeet?
Since you indicated that you are a student at CMU, you may be interested in a Wikimeet I'm trying to set up in Pittsburgh. You may join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh if you're interested. We currently have 4 interested people and are hoping to bring that number up to at least 5. Once we have 5 or more interested people we can then discuss the time and location. (Note: If for any reason you do not wish to participate, simply ignore this message.) Scobell302 04:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * We now have 5 interested people and have moved to discussing the time & location of our first meetup. You may provide your input at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh. Once we finalize something we will indicate it on the front page. Scobell302 03:00, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

User Pennsylvania
I was clearing out Wikipedians/Pennsylvania. I added this template to your page. Feel free to remove it, and thanks for understanding. --evrik 04:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Stucture of the Higher-order abstract syntax page
Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I made a few changes to the Higher-order abstract syntax page and created a discussion topic on the structure of the article.

eboy 16:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Orangeness
I know why I'm "Orange Mike"; might I inquire the origin of your handle? -- Orange Mike 19:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid it doesn't have a compelling explanation except to say that bright orange, and a sense of striving to make that orange even more bright, appeals to me. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

3nd AFD nom for List of Battlefield 1942 mods
You may be interested in the List of Battlefield 1942 mods AFD. Bfelite 20:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I already weighed in on that. ;) &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Rock stuff
I was browsing the Wikipedians by alma mater: Carnegie Mellon University (as I will soon be joining the ranks) and I noticed we had a few interests in common. I went ahead and created Scat Records and canyon.mid. I'll add more later, but feel free to expand yourself. Andre (talk) 09:56, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * replied on talk page. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:55, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll be an undergrad, studying computer science. Andre (talk) 21:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Ultimate PHP Board
Hi,

Just wondering if we can get the Ultimate PHP Board wiki back up, it said it was deleted with the 'prod' reason and I read up on it. The article said you would put it back up if I just asked.

Tim (Myupb.com)
 * I'm not sure which article you're refering to, but you can just recreate it if you want. However, if I deleted it via WP:PROD it probably doesn't have any chance of surviving Articles for Deletion. Maybe take a look at WP:WEB before continuing, and if the site does meet the criteria, then make sure the article indicates that. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 17:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Image tags
Thanks for the heads up about Image:Lightning Bolt.jpg and Image:BrianChippendale.jpg. You were absolutely right, they were not GFDL at all (those were some of the first images I uploaded as I started to get into Wikipedia, so I didn't know what I was doing). I went ahead and updated/fixed the liscensing and fair use rationales on those and a few other images. Thanks for the friendly reminder and keep up the good work!

--Drewcifer3000 19:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

file extensions
Curious: What makes .svg better than .png? --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 16:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Responded on his talk.

jelly fish
Thanks for your wikification of that stub...! did you come across it there or elsewere?
 * On the jellyfish article. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 10:43, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Bohr Atom: SVG vs PNG
Hello, I saw that you replaced a PNG with an SVG. Something is wrong, in the process of displaying that picture. Could you revert your change, until the process is fixed? Also, I am working on an article that has some illustrations, and I have spent a good deal of time learning SVG and building my illustrations; seeing what happened to your illustration, disturbs me. Who do we talk to about this?

For your reference (and for forwarding to whoever is in charge), here is what I see, five hours after your change, using both Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer from a Microsoft Windows machine.

Viewing the page Mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, I see the frame for the Bohr atomic model illustration, but that frame is empty.

When I right-click on the empty area and select "Properties", I see that Explorer and Firefox are both trying to show me this file: "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Bohr_atom_model_English.svg/180px-Bohr_atom_model_English.svg.png".

When I left-click on the empty area, I go to a page titled "Image:Bohr atom model English.svg". That page shows a faint checkerboard pattern in Firefox, and a blank white area in Explorer. When I left-click on the name of the graphic file (below the empty display of same), in either browser, I go to this file (which displays properly in both browsers): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bohr_atom_model_English.svg

--Swwright 22:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Talk
 * Yeah, I have seen this problem a few times. I'd like to help fix it, but I expect it's something only the developers can do (probably having to do with a race condition in SVG conversion). Sometimes the images just don't get generated correctly and then they are stuck as completely transparent images; doing an ?action=purge on the image page seems to often fix it. I purged the cache and it seems to be okay now in the atomic theory article. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:12, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup, that fixed it! Thanks!  Is purging the image cache (for a given page?) something that anybody can do, or just whoever created that image, or just an admin? (Given that I'm soon going to be uploading several SVG images...) --Swwright 23:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, it is at Purge --Swwright 23:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sometimes resizing the image also fixes the problem. TimVickers 17:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Commons picture of the year
My vote is for image #10. All of these images are lovely, so I can be exremely picky: 1 is a very good shot, but the composition could be improved (the lights in the corners are particularly distracting). 2's composition is perfect, but the image uploaded is very low resolution, and has a currently hip ultrasharpened HDRish look to it that will look very 2000s in a decade or two. 3 is a great animation, but I suspect it will also not age well, and there's something uncomfortably discontinuous about the motion. 4 is an apropos and unintrusive use of animation, but the image quality is actually not that good (low resolution, aliased font, aliasing at edges of moon); I think it also misleadingly suggests that it is actual photographs of the moon. The long exposure of 5 makes it appear blurry at large sizes. The composition of 6 is awesome but the image quality and contrast are only "good". 7 is a perfectly great wildlife photo, but is sort of obvious. Similarly with 8, except that foreground branches are additionally a bit distracting. 9 is wonderful in every way, and would win my favorite photo of the group, but its usefulness in an encyclopedia is limited. 11 is a great encyclopedic capture of a difficult to photograph event; really nothing to criticize about it at all except that the subject is a little mundane. 10 is high quality, and outstanding in its capture of something encyclopedic that would otherwise be basically impossible to see, so it is my pick. Thumbs up all around! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 17:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Samir Patel
Thanks a lot, mate. I know Samir Patel personally... thanks... talk to you later okay? Onyx the hero 23:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Old book bindings
Just checking that you're aware of. Regards, Ben Aveling 10:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't—thanks for pointing it out! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 05:55, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Auto edit to 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · ·
I reverted your edit to 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + · · ·, which has the summary "auto 10 en dash". Besides introducing en dashes, your edit replaced some .png links with .svg links and it even replaced a working picture with a non-existing link. Since this seems to have been an automatic / bot edit, please have a good look at what happens and make sure it doesn't happen again. Cheers, Jitse Niesen (talk) 01:54, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, the PNG to SVG I did by hand, but then meant to undo after reading on the talk page that those SVGs aren't reliable yet. Only the dashes are automatic, which I believe were correct... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:03, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I checked and the dashes were fine, so I reinstated that bit. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 13:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Ira Glass
Hey, I noticed you reverted without comment my change (back) from "(b. ___)" to "(born ___)" in the Ira Glass article. Wikipedia style for biographies is to use the full word "born" (especially in this part of the article); you can read this at Manual of Style (dates and numbers) and in the other examples in the Manual of Style (e.g. Manual of Style (biographies)). Just wanted to let you know. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 16:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


 * i appologize for not leaving an comment, i clicked save prematurely. per WP:ABB Wikipedia:Manual of Style (abbreviations), "(b. ___)" is accepted. --emerson7 | Talk 17:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Kleenex Girl Wonder
I noticed that you were the person who made the "Kleenex Girl Wonder" page a redirect to Kleenexgirlwonder. The band is more commonly known by the former--this is how they format the name on their website, it's how it appears on most albums, it's how allmusic has it--so I'm curious about why you put the redirect in place and if you'd consider changing it back. Thanks, Miss Dark 17:44, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Just that someone had created the page as kleenexgirlwonder and there was no page at Kleenex Girl Wonder at all, so a redirect seemed appropriate. I agree with you, so I just made the change. BTW, you could have done this yourself by using the 'move' button at the top of the page (see WP:MOVE); generally it's good style to be bold if you think something needs to be improved! &mdash;  brighterorange  (talk) 21:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

ACLU
If Wikipedia is going to say that the ACLU is "hard to define" politically, then the reality is that Wikipedia has a liberal bias. 205.237.164.127 04:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:SNOW
Hello! I noticed you closed this AfD based on WP:SNOW. The snowball clause is not policy and should not be used as a reason to close AfD discussions. I agree with your decision to speedy keep, however, there are better reasons to do so than a clause which is not policy or guideline. Thanks! : ) - Chardish 20:25, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I know about the speedy keep guideline, but since the nominator hadn't withdrawn his deletion request it doesn't meet the criteria. So I was simply being clear that this was an WP:IAR close under the reasoning in WP:SNOW. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:11, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Zach White article marked for speedy deletion
The article for Zach White wasn't made by him, it was made by a fan of his. He was an important gay rights activist in the community and a CBS made for tv movie is going to be made about his struggle in central Ohio pretty soon. Please leave it up, his page is recent deaths was also deleted as soon as it was put up, and no one can figure out why. He did everyone in B.C. and the rest of the world a favor, his story just needs to be heard, as it has been in most parts of Ohio.
 * I know this wasn't what you wanted from posting this message, but I speedy deleted the page since it easily meets our criteria. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Russian-Circassian War
Hey, thanks for dashing the above article :) SGGH speak! 19:48, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No prob! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 20:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

William Goebel
Thank you for your helpful copyedits to William Goebel. As you may or may not be aware, this article is a current featured article candidate. Would you consider supporting this nomination? If so, please add your vote and comments at Featured article candidates/William Goebel. Acdixon 13:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Missed some en-dashes?
Thanks for your recent edit to Daylight saving time that replaced hyphens with en-dashes. However, I noticed that it missed several hyphens. I made several other edits by hand to complete the process. You might want to look at the by-hand edits and see whether they can be used to improve the robot in the future. Eubulides 19:58, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks; I fixed those false negatives (caused by no spaces between template arguments and the 'date' parameter subsequent to the pages parameter). &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:41, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
For your recent WP:DASH fixes to several featured articles. Inappropriate use of dashes drives me crazy—please keep up the good work :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 15:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ditto; wonderful! Can more of us use this tool?  If not, would you be willing to routinely run through WP:FAC, WP:FAR and WP:PR?   Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 16:28, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm glad it's appreciated! I'm currently in the process of developing it, and testing it on the FAs and FACs is how I'm improving its accuracy and usability. I absolutely intend for it to be usable by others soon, as part of project punctuation's goal of crossing every ascii '--' and dotting every semicolon in Wikipedia. ;) &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 16:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free to experiment on Sociological and cultural aspects of Tourette syndrome, History of Tourette syndrome and Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 16:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, wonderful ! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Also a quick run-through of Evolution would help to see if I missed any when I was doing this manually! TimVickers 16:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Now the punctuation gang's all here :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 16:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I did; I think it was better than average.. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk)
 * The Biology and medicine section of WP:FA should be rife, since many of us pull references right off of PubMed, which uses hyphens on page ranges rather than ndash. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 16:51, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly, Sir. TimVickers 17:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm eagerly awaiting your release ;) Doing this sort of thing manually can be very time-consuming, and frequently takes several pairs of eyes. This is a huge improvement. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 20:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

More articles ripe for the pickin' among those pending main page appearance: Today's featured article/May 2007  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:53, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Would you mind having another pass at Schizophrenia? I just did a massive update reorganization there, since it is at WP:FAR. Maybe you can keep an eye on it as work progresses. Thanks !! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 16:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Calvin Coolidge is due on the main page, and it has a huge amount of hyphens that need to be ndashified. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 03:25, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Did 'em, thanks! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:43, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 79 looks like a record &mdash; thanks so much ! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:51, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Another request, that we're going to work on outside of WP:FAR; Charles II of England. Regards, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 22:20, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks !

Hi, Brighter, would you mind running through Schizophrenia one more time? It has received massive amounts of work at FAR, and everything should be in pretty good shape, so wanted one last pass on the dashes. Thanks ! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks as always! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:51, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I changed one back, here, because that's the actual title on PubMed, and a search on PubMed with the exact title gets you there faster. Not sure if the script wants to change exact titles in refs ??  Thanks again, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 03:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Orange, would you mind running through Autism? Thanks ! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 21:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, only two—we're getting better! Thanks, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 22:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 22:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Brighterorange, another one. Would you mind running through Sargon of Akkad ? It's at FAC with a lot of incorrect dashes. Thanks again, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 00:28, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It got page ranges, but didn't pick up all the date ranges; is there a change? Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:35, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No change, it looks like I just get false negatives for "BC" dates (I'll have to work on that). &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * ah, sorry to give you extra work :-) Thanks again!  If you get the BC thing working, Structural history of the Roman military is another goldmine currently at WP:FAC.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind on that one; they were fixed manually. Best regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 15:59, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Help Needed
Could you please take a look at the "diplom" article. Newbie user Sacrumi is turning out to be a troll and is making unfounded edits to this article, which are in horrible English (while removing credible cited information). When I try to make the necessary corrections, user reverts my edits and insists on his "knowledge" of English. I would greatly appreciate some assistance. Thanks. InfoAgent 15:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

en dashes
Hi, are you running a bot that turns disjunctive hyphens into en dashes? If so, let it rip. Page ranges too? Tony 11:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not a bot, it's a client-side script, but it does automates the process with a little oversight from the user. (There are lots of things that cause false positives, so I don't think there's much hope for full automation.) I hope to make it available for wider use as part of project punctuation soon. If only it weren't for that pesky dissertation... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:13, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Tulane shield/badjpg
I continue to by mystified as to why if we can only display something at low resolution under fair use that we would want to use .svg rather than .jpg. Asking Tulane University to publish its trademarks as vector files for free distribution seems a bit presumptuous. --Dystopos 14:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't see why you say "free distribution"? The logo would still be protected under trademark and copyright. I believe it's preferable to use SVG even for fair use logos because it allows us to prepare our articles for print as well as be future-proof against increasing screen resolutions. In this particular case, though, a bitmap image in a lossless format like PNG would be far better than the JPEG, which shows visible artifacts in the solid color areas. That's the real problem and the reason for the BadJPEG tag. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * See also Image talk:Tulane shield web.jpg. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Escape
Good call on the "Escape" edits, your formatting is easier on the eye and blends into the Wiki format much better then mine. Thanks, and have a good one
 * (re Escape (book)) No problem! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:17, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Im trying to figure out the site. I am having a very hard time, any assitance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
 * Sure... Most stuff is written down at WP:HELP but if you have any specific questions, just ask! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

San Jose FAR
San Jose has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.--Loodog 03:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

deleting articles
Hi..could you plz check what I've done in Hatib ibn Abi Baitah to see if there is something wrong because it is my first time to add the deletion request..and if there is something wrong would you give me a note to learn...thanx..--Lubna 20:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Dash changes
Please be careful when changing dashes, especially in templates. This change, specifically the dash change in between the years, broke the infobox. Cheers. --MZMcBride 23:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * reply

Relaunching WikiProject Pittsburgh meetups
You are receiving this message because you are a member of the WikiProject Pittsburgh. In the past we have discussed a meetup idea - let's see if we can make it a reality during the summer. Please see this thread for more information.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 23:29, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

SVG images on you Userpage
You had a not above the gallery about SVGs not rendering properly in galleries. I converted them to a table and used defined sizes, and now they render fine. I spend two and a half hours trying t figure out how to make the captions simulate the appearance of the gallery captions, but it didn't work. What's on your page now is the best I could do. Sorry if it's not what you were looking for. Revert if you want. Please let me know what you think on my talk page. - SigmaEpsilon → Σ Ε 05:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * reply

Smile!


WarthogDemon has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. -WarthogDemon 22:05, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Boston analytics page deletion
I was unable to find a company format template for creating a wikipedia page (i.e., eValueserve, one of Boston Analytics' main competitors) so decided to come up with one myself. There is a readily available source of 3rd party information out there on the company, some of which I list here:

Company website: http://www.bostonanalytics.com/

Further information from outside sources: http://boston.citybizlist.com/lstg/lstgDetail.aspx?id=3064 http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/nov/11bs1.htm http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=33920862&cs=QECBZde7k

Profile of Boston Analytics' chairman from keynote speech given at MIT: http://www.talentforum.org/bios/entrepreneurship_china_business/speaker-partha_s_ghosh.htm

Articles citing research of Boston Analytics: http://www.pma-magazine.com/articles/2007/January/6 http://in.biz.yahoo.com/070526/203/6gap7.html

Office location: http://maps.google.com/maps?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-13,GGGL:en&um=1&q=analytics&near=Boston,+MA&fb=1&view=text&latlng=42353592,-71056169,4912315145691992116

Yellow Pages listing under "Market Research & Marketing Analysis" http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Market+Research+&+Marketing+Analysis/S-MA/T-Boston/

How can I move to convert this general page into the company template format?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shenji019 (talk • contribs)
 * replied on the talk page. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 18:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia Pennsylvania
Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can:
 * Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
 * Join our mailing list
 * Visit our blog at http://wmfpa.blogspot.com

Thanks and I hope you join up!  Cbrown1023   talk   02:42, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

1942
Just a heads up on the Articles for deletion/List of Battlefield 1942 mods (5th nomination. Bfelite 23:11, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Greetings
Woa... I sort of know you! And I guess I don't have anything to say... (And I totally put that in some other section because I wasn't paying attention) TylerNi7 22:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for source on AfD
Thank you much for the lexis nexis source for Articles_for_deletion/TetriNET. Do you have advice on similar searches without a subscription? (!). Regardless, thank you for filling in the blanks! &there4; here&hellip;&spades; 07:24, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * reply

Pittsburgh neighborhood maps
Thanks for your work adding maps—colorful and stylish ones at that!—to the Pittsburgh neighborhood articles. Bravo.Rudowsky 17:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * My pleasure! There are still many more articles in need of the infoboxes, if you want to help. It's easy: the census PDF has the population and area information, Google Maps or Google Earth has the coordinates, and commons:category:Locator maps of Pittsburgh neighborhoods has all of the locator images. Lots of articles are in need of photographs. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 17:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

endash help needed at Plymouth Colony
The article Plymouth Colony needs the page numbers in the refs converted to endashes. It is a current FAC: and that's about the only unresolved issue. SandyGeorgia said you can run a script to help out with that. Could ya? I would MOST appreciate it. Thanks! --Jayron32| talk | contribs 04:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I can so totally do that for you. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:58, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Muchas gracias, danke schoen, and merci beaucoup... --Jayron32| talk | contribs 05:09, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, Orange, that one tricked 'ya. Something fun for you to work on. Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:48, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, indeed... Well, I don't claim to get 'em all! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 16:02, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Apostrophes
Just so you know, an apostrophe "s" is supposed to be included in the link per the MOS. See here. Thanks for fixing my dashes in Mary: A Fiction! Awadewit | talk  15:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, strange that Mediawiki's link extension code doesn't work in that case. I had already switched it back when I saw that it didn't match the others in the same article. FWIW, I'm all for consistency but given this I have to disagree with the MOS when it says that that it makes the source easier to read... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you could fix the code? I've often found that problem annoying. I actually agree with the MOS in this case; I find it odd to have all of these little "'s" hanging off links. Since the "'s" is part of the word, it seems like it should be part of the link to me. Personal aesthetic response. :) Awadewit | talk  15:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it looks a little better too, but it certainly makes the source more complicated. My guess is that this isn't implemented because the apostrophe character is special in wiki syntax, but there's no fundamental reason why it couldn't work (as far as I can tell). Unfortunately I think that getting changes like this integrated into mediawiki and then into wikipedia is a very arduous project, or I'd take a stab at it... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:27, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Just like everything else. I understand your reticence. Awadewit | talk  15:32, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Allegheny Observatory
What a nice image of a really neat building. Thanks for your contributions to the project, they are appreciated.IvoShandor 01:40, 11 August 2007 (UTC)  Hello Brighterorange, IvoShandor has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
 * Great, I'm glad you like it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:00, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

History of American football needs endashifying
Hey, could you run that script on History of American football; it has some page numbers in references that need endashifying... Thanks... --Jayron32| talk | contribs 01:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 12:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Kearny High School - Soccer Program Link
Brighterorange,

I noticed that you contributed to the Kearny High School page, so I wanted to ask you a question about the article. Someone is saying that the link Kearny High School Soccer is inadmissible. I'm not sure if he is correct or not. Can you see the link and his post here? Your input will be appreciated. --Creashin 03:59, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I replied on the talk page. I basically don't have a strong opinion on this (I think my edits to the page were typographical in nature, as usual). &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 12:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. I don't have super strong feelings on it either, but it seems that the guy who does is somewhat of a stalker. And I liked your thoughts on whether or not it would improve the article and I think the answer is obviously "yes". --Creashin 02:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Dash script
Hi, Tom. I am working on lung cancer, with the intention of submitting it for "featured article" status soon. SandyGeorgia suggested that I should ask you to apply your "dash-fixing script". I would be grateful for your help. Axl 17:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Done! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 22:16, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Axl 20:04, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Would you mind running it through Bupropion? It's at FAC now, and I've been fixing the dashes manually. No problem there, but your way is much faster :) Thanks in advance, Fvasconcellos (t·c) 22:27, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 00:34, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey Tom, it's me again :) Could you run the script on Lung cancer—again, it's now at FAC—and aspirin? The latter is the current WikiProject Pharmacology Collaboration of the Week. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 19:07, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 19:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 19:17, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Hair
I highly encourage you to stay bald!!-DMCer 10:33, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * OK! Don't worry! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 12:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Tim Duncan
Can you run your script there, please? Thanks. —MC 19:36, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

the eXile section on Michael wines
Hey again, hope you are well. Not to involve you in this train wreck again, but there's a new mysterious ip reverting the page again, citing policies nonsensically, and ignoring discussion and consensus. You can see the reversions at the eXile, my ignored comments at talk:the eXile, and some more discussion at Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. I think this situation may require admin attention. Thanks for your time Dsol 12:21, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * The anon is now engaging in discussion, but I would still appreciate your input. Thanks Dsol 13:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Dash script.
Sandy Georgia recommended your script for bird which is nearing FAC status. I know nothing of dashes, but apprently it is important so I would be grateful for the help. Thanks. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  23:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Done! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Interview with John Vanderslice
You edited the John Vanderslice article. Wikinews is schedule to do an interview with Vanderslice this Wednesday, September 26. If you have any questions you'd like to ask John or know about John, please leave them on my Talk page. Thanks. -- David  Shankbone  15:28, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Super Mario RPG lists
Currently, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars has two lists pertaining to it (List of characters in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars). User:TTN decided it would be best to merge the lists into the main article and split Smithy Gang into those articles. I recently merged Smithy Gang into the list of chatacters by removing the non-notable characters, and I have asserted that a cameo section in the list of characters is valid, per Trivia sections and Handling trivia that uses Alex Trebek as a good example. I have suggested that we rename the articles per Requested moves to something along the lines of Characters of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and World of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars or Mushroom Kingdom (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) just like Characters of Final Fantasy VIII and World of Final Fantasy VI or Gaia (Final Fantasy VII). I believe if these articles are to evolve beyond a non-notable list, they should be renamed. For example, List of Final Fantasy VII locations was merged into Gaia (Final Fantasy VII), because a World article is notable, but a simple list of locations is not. That is why there are other secions of the article to make it a World article. It simply has not been renamed yet.

TTN believes the citations in the development and reception sections of the list of locations, books and magazines, are trivial sources. When I added that the 3D perspective of the game is reminicent of Equinox to the main article, TTN removed it since my souce was "the opinions of the Nintendo Power player's guide writers". Although it was actually Nintendo Power magazine, I do believe a magazine is a reliable source, and I gave a page from Next Generation Magazine which also said the same thing. In addition, I was surprized that TTN said that it was from the players guide, since he claims to own the players guide for the game. He has not verified this, since I asked him for citations in May, "Could you look in the back of the Player's Guide and tell me what “types” of … Magic? I forgot what they call it in the game … well, anyways, what types of Special Attack or whatever it is (actually, could you find out what it's called?) there are? I remember some vaguely when I owned the guide like “Fire”, “Jump”, “Electricity?”, etc. Could you provide a citation, like the page number with a quote in context?" TTN replied that he was going to "get to it" (User talk:TTN/Archive 5). TTN claims the player's guide is "at the bottom of a box that's behind at least five others in a cramped space". Seeing that TTN did not recognize that the page was not from the player's guide when I provided a scan of the page in question from Nintendo Power shocked me. However, I have continued to assume good faith by not questioning TTN's honesty.

Per Consensus, I have offered five different reasonable, temporary compromises that might integrate my idea with TTN's. TTN rejected my compromise because it still keeps the articles. I agreed I would consider a redirect, but Article size does not allow that, since the list of locations is currently 82 KB long. Instead, I agreed to help cut down the geography section that is the bulk of the article, but TTN rejected that as well because TTN states, "I am not interested in working on the article in regards to improving it." and "get past this "having sources automatically means that this information is good" mentality." TTN states, "I don't think they have or will ever assert notability." I have replied with, "Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, so if you don't think the articles will ever assert notability, we cannot yet know this, per Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions.
 * 1) Go over the list of characters so we can delete non–notable characters
 * 2) Rename the articles by following the steps at Requested moves.
 * 3) Cut down the geography section list of locations by cutting it into the regional maps the adventures use when traveling from one to another. I can get pictures and write the fair use rationals, and someone can cut down the text that has no citation and does not allude to other media.
 * 4) Write the concept and creation and reception sections for the list of characters
 * 5) Write the concept and creation section for the main article

Would you please take a look at Talk:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and give us your thoughts? Taric25 01:42, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

City, State single links converted to two links
I see that you are deeply involved in converting US city/state single links to two different wikilinks. Why? Did I miss the memo? I would much rather see one link for San Francisco, California (for example) than two. Binksternet 06:13, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the City, State naming convention is for disambiguation (the name of the city is San Francisco). We don't link Lombard Street (San Francisco) in articles; we write "Lombard Street in San Francisco". Why is it that you'd much rather see one link? &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 12:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't disagree with your example above. What I'm referring to are your disambiguations that appear in articles such as USS Missouri (BB-63) where you change this:
 * "Armed as such, Missouri was formally recommissioned in San Francisco, California on 10 May 1986."
 * ...to this:
 * "Armed as such, Missouri was formally recommissioned in San Francisco, California on 10 May 1986."
 * I see in Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) that it's not good practice to put two links right next to each other where they appear at first glance to be one link. I hold that the single link to California doesn't add to the understanding of the subject in this example. Binksternet 13:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I know what you're referring to; I'm making a comparison to other kinds of disambiguating titles. I think it looks better and is pretty common style on Wikipedia. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:30, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Question
Hi Tom, I was looking through the history of The Notorious B.I.G. article and I came across this edit of yours. I'm just curious to know why the  tag was converted to despite looking identical. Cheers. Spellcast 03:35, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The main point of that edit was to fix the spacing of the reference, but my script also automatically fixes the syntax of the  tag so that it is valid XHTML (in XHTML, a tag that has no matching closing tag, like  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.    ViperSnake151 20:54, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:SuSE logo.svg)
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Reception history of Jane Austen
Hello, would you be so kind as to run your lovely bot at Reception history of Jane Austen? Thanks! María ( habla con migo ) 17:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. Enjoy! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 17:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Introduction to virus
Hi, would you be very kind and run your dash fixing script? They all look the same to my old tired eyes ;) Thanks. Graham. Graham Colm Talk 17:07, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, no problem... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Graham Colm Talk 06:15, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

History of computing hardware
At FAR, needs dash surgery :-) Thanks Brighter !!  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 14:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * goodness gracious, just saw faulty dashes in the article I'm responsible for: Tourette syndrome.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:27, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I ran it, but I only found one dash to fix. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 00:30, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It missed weird ones:   I'm so embarrassed :-)  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:35, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Dashification
Hey, Orange, can you hit Lyme disease controversy? Thank you, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, no prob. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 14:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 21:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Orange; can you hit Roman–Persian Wars? Thanks in advance, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 14:40, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Did it. Sorry, I've been without internet at home for a week. 23:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Dashification x 2
Don't suppose you could hit Sunderland Echo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well please? Many thanks.-- Seahamlass  21:54, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure! No changes on Sunderland Echo. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers Orange - much appreciated! -- Seahamlass  14:28, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

And now for something completely different...
You're not gonna believe this request, but can I have some dashification on pulmonary contusion? :P   delldot   talk  15:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but I didn't find anything to fix in that article. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Proxima Centauri
Hello Brighterorange,

If you wouldn't mind, would it be possible for you to run your script to correct the endashes on the Proxima Centauri article? I'm attempting to prepare it for FAC. Thank you!&mdash;RJH (talk) 15:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, done! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:37, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well I appreciate it, but it looks like nothing was changed. Does that mean the article was already okay? Thank you.&mdash;RJH (talk) 17:19, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, the remark on the article above about finding nothing was meant for this one. Yes, I ran it and there were no automatic fixes to be made, so it is already okay in that sense. =) &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 14:26, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Do you think you could do that...
to Planets beyond Neptune too? Pretty pleeze? :-)  Serendi pod ous  11:54, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I did, but found no changes to make! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I'm sorry to ask again so soon, but do you think you could run it through Makemake (dwarf planet)? I'm trying to see if it's FA-worthy.  Serendi pod ous  14:15, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem; did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:12, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Conflicting scripts
Hi Brighter Orange. I had your User:Brighterorange/punctuation.js script installed in my monobook, and then I added Lightmouse's User:Lightmouse/monobook.js/script.js script. They both add a new tab when the edit window is open, and yours seems to always override Lightmouse's. Is there a way they can work side-by-side, or would both scripts have to be copy/pasted into one new script in order to get them to work. Thanks, Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:15, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, both of the scripts should be able to add tabs independently, but they look like they're doing it using different mechanisms (I am calling addTab and Lightmouse is calling addPortletLink). Probably it's those two functions that are interfering, but I have no idea where they're defined or how they work. =( &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for the reply. I'll ask around if anyone knows how they work. If not I'll use my alt account for one of the scripts. Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:41, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If you figure something out I'll be happy to implement it. After I get back from this trip I might have time to take a look, too, but my TODO list is getting longer and longer, ahhhh... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:00, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Dashification request
Hi, Orange; how are you? Request for dash fixes at John McCain. Thank you !! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 05:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again ... also Leonard Harrison State Park and Tulip mania. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 19:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Tulip mania! Fascinating. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 20:12, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a job benefit :-) Thanks !  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 20:15, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Dash tool
Could you run your tool over William de St-Calais when you get a chance? Thanks muchly! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

And Stigand also? --Ealdgyth - Talk 20:14, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I did 'em! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 00:24, 21 August 2008 (UTC)


 * You're a god! Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 00:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

History of a Six Weeks' Tour
Could you run the dash bot over History of a Six Weeks' Tour? Awadewit (talk) 23:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * You know it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 22:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Amazingly, I meant to ask about Proserpine (play) - it is currently at FAC - would you mind doing another one? So sorry! Awadewit (talk) 05:10, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hehe, sure. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 11:24, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Dashify
Hi, Orange; can you please hit Disintegration? Thanks in advance, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:31, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, but I didn't find any problems. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 00:49, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Change to Lightmouse script
Hello, I see you are using User:Lightmouse/monobook.js/script.js developed by. This is to let you know that the script commands are now located in the toolbox at bottom left beneath: What links here. If you have any questions or comments please make a note of it at User:Lightmouse/wishlist. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 07:34, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Punctuation script
Hi BrighterOrange. I've been using the script and noticed that it changes  to   However, at the MOS talk page, this discussion and this one both seem to point towards   due to WP:Overlinking.

Would you therefore be open to changing the script so that it changes  to   instead? Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 04:58, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I prefer the separate links personally (see the discussions above) but they are not universally popular (see the discussions above) and I don't want to rock the boat. So I've been planning on turning those off by default, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Usually there are not so many that clicking them off is easy. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 20:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Geoffrey Boycott
Hi there. SandyGeorgia tells me that you have a script that fixes dashes and hyphens, formatting them to the correct usages? I was wondering if you could perhaps take a look at the above, or let me know how I can use such a device myself. Would be greatly appreciated, thank you! SGGH speak! 12:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 20:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers! SGGH speak! 21:29, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Dash / hyphen request
Hi Brighterorange, if you have the time, could you please run your dash / hyphen script on Hillsgrove Covered Bridge as it is going to FAC? Thanks in advance, Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 21:05, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, but there were no fixes to be had. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:37, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking - sorry to be slow in replying, I was looking for the edit to the article (which was not needed it turns out). Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 00:57, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Go Man Go
Can I get a dash-tool run over this article at FAC? Thanks muchly! Ealdgyth - Talk 03:24, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Surely. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 12:52, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Orange; can you run through Virus please? Thanks so much, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 01:26, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Gotcha! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 21:56, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Virus
Hi Tom, sorry to be a pain, but could you run your script once more please? As a result of FAC comments I've made a few more edits and added more refs. Graham. Graham Colm Talk 14:49, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Natürlich. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 01:36, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Bob Dylan FARC
Hi Brighterorange, Bob Dylan is currently undergoing FARC. SandyGeorgia commented []:
 * There are faulty dashes in the citations (Sounes, Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan, p.41-42) which User:Brighterorange will fix if you ask him to run his script.

Please can you run your script. (I don't fully understand this computer parlance but it sounds like we're making progress.) Many thanks Mick gold (talk) 17:16, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, did it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Orange, can you have a look at the strange citation method used in Joseph Barbera and let me know if your script can fix those page ranges? If so, you might also need to look at William Hanna.  Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 17:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, no prob. They're done. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Robert of Jumièges
Time again for the dash script run prior to FAC! Thanks muchly! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Did it. Sorry for the delay, I was traveling! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

copyright of your image
Hi Brighterorange, just letting you know that your great image:Old book bindings.jpg is used on this website without any attribution. I doubt that the other pictures on the website are necessarily used any more legally... :o( ... so maybe you can include some general nice information about copyright? I was about to do it myself, but I guess it's more powerful and more likely to be accepted if it's done by the copyright holder. Let me know if you'd rather not pursue it yourself. Regards, Ibn Battuta (talk) 17:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Aw, it's okay. Actually I'm usually happy to see people using my photos wherever they like (and that one is even available with more lenient permissions from my photography website), more than I am persnickety about copyright. Thanks for letting me know, though! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 15:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Dashification request
... at Treatment of Tourette syndrome. Thank you :-) Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 18:32, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You got it! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 22:21, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

me too....for major depressive disorder
g'day Tom, Sandy sent me your way for dashification of major depressive disorder(We've created a monster..:, be great if you could do yer magick. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:57, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Did it. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 04:20, 16 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Thx :) Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:51, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Penn fulllogo.svg)
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Dashify
Hi, Orange, can you hit Caspar David Friedrich please ?? Thanks, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:40, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it, I did it old-school. –Outriggr § 01:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I snagged a few missing ones. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:32, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Main sequence?
Hi Brighterorange,

Would it be possible for you to run your script against the Main sequence article? Thank you!&mdash;RJH (talk) 22:23, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Did it, sorry for taking so long... &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 01:43, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks! &mdash;RJH (talk) 19:49, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

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take care not to replace mdash on URLs
See, you replaced two hypens with a mdash on a Google Books links, thus broking it --Enric Naval (talk) 00:32, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Usually I'm good about not doing this, but I guess sometimes I make mistakes! Thanks for spotting it. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 01:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Dashify 2
Hey, Orange ! Would you mind running through Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan? Have a wonderful holiday if we don't "talk" before then. Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 01:02, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Khaaaaaaaaaannnn!!! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:25, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Orange; wishing you a Very Happy New Year. Could you please hit First Crusade? Thanks, Sandy Georgia (Talk) 23:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Happy new year to you too! Did it. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 01:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Orange ! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 02:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, Orange, here's another one: George H.D. Gossip. Sandy Georgia (Talk) 20:00, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No need, I took care of it. Dabomb87 (talk) 20:09, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Another one: Greece Runestones. Thanks ! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 01:58, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You got it. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks again ! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 14:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Going backwards lately ... finding lots of articles that need attention! Ursula Franklin pls? Sandy Georgia (Talk) 22:26, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, no prob! &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 23:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Another one: John Calvin. Thanks, Orange ! Sandy Georgia (Talk) 02:12, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Got it. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 02:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks again ! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 15:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

The black & white spray can graffiti logo
hey man,

just wondering, who was the original artist for this picture you put up? Wikiprojectgraffitilogo.svg, thanks, my email is peter.young@dresden.us thanks again —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.220.242.162 (talk) 16:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was User:PeterPartyOn. &mdash; brighterorange  (talk) 03:46, 15 January 2009 (UTC)