User talk:Calabraxthis/Archive 2008

Second Test
Calabraxthis wrote inter alia:

"Sachin Tendulkar (36) given not out by Steve Bucknor - Tendulkar was struck lbw low on the pad in front of the stumps by the second ball of the 79th over of the Indian innings bowled by Michael Clarke. Bucknor adjudged it not out. Tendulkar went on to score 154 not out. As you will know from the Talk page, I was in favour of including this edit of yours as I believe it presents an objective account of all of the umpiring mistakes which occurred during the match, some of which went against Australia, but most against India.

I see that this has decision has now been deleted again.

... I was wondering whether you have seen the decision discussed in any media commentary?"

Quantummeruit replied:

The decision to adjudge Tendulkar not out was referred to by Peter Lalor writing in The Australian newspaper http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23025954-5001505,00.html and http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23025289-5014229,00.html.

The appeal and decision are referred to, but not described in any detail, in the commentary at http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausvind/engine/current/match/291352.html?innings=2;view=commentary.

I agree that this decision should be included in the list of umpiring mistakes which occurred during the match. Unfortunately, I agree also that most of the poor umpiring decisions were made to the detriment of India.

However, if anything has characterised the media and other accounts of the match, and indeed the events which have followed it, it is an all pervasive lack of objectivity. So, I am not surprised that someone with an Indian axe to grind has seen fit to delete it.

I should be pleased if, after you have viewed the recording of the appeal and decision, you would reinstate the reference to this decision.

Quantummeruit (talk) 21:32, 9 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I find that the only problem in your proposal of including lbws is the fact that there are generally so many, particularly in desperate times when appeals come as soon as ball touches pad inside the line regardless of angle and spin. By the way, thanks for the compliment but the hard work was mostly User:AMBerry's with the scorecard and they deserve the compliments more. Darrowen (talk) 20:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

DC's Helix articles
I have replied to your message on my talk page. Stuart DD  contributions 11:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I just noticed that you have created a whole bunch of articles about the comic book series that DC released as a part of this imprint. I thought I'd tell you that I've been working on The Black Lamb at User:Stephen Day/Sandbox.

I'd hate to get it to the point that I felt it was ready to be moved to The Black Lamb (something I'm most likely going to be doing sometime this week), only to find out that you had created another article where I needed to move it to. Stephen Day (talk) 05:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The Black Lamb was the only article of the Helix imprint I was going to create. Have fun with the others. :) Stephen Day (talk) 22:15, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * It's ready now in case you're intertested in seeing it. :) Stephen Day (talk) 23:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the edits. :)

About the copyright on the image. Tim Truman recently began offering The Black Lamb free online here. I can't see him being able to do this without any apparent involvement from DC if he didn't have copyright over the material. Stephen Day (talk) 22:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Comics - notability
You indicated leaving the thread alone, so I am letting you know I have responded again, and also that other people may respond and may have other opinions to mine. I'd also like to apologise if I have in some way offended you. That wasdn't my intent. I just feel it is far more useful to discuss specific example, like the articles you are creating or intend to create, than discuss generalisations. All the best. Hiding T 15:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't personally have too much of a problem with the Sheva's War article. I think the plot synopsis is a tad too long, I tend to think two paragraphs is enough unless the work is of major significance.  I can see why you are concerned by notability though, because there are no outside sources in the article.  It's hard to know how a deletion debate will go, to be honest.  I've been wary of having notability guidance for comics because they tend to become divisive and interpreted in the strictest possible interpreation available.  For example, I helped draft WP:WEB, which in part covers webcomics.  There are now very few articles on Wikipedia covering individual webcomics, and the list of webcomics is restricted only to those with articles.  That experience has guided me to my current position.  The best bet is to fall back on policy, namely WP:V, which states that If no reliable, third-party sources can be found for an article topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it. That's what I feel is the standard for notability on Wikipedia. Find independent sourcing for info to base an article upon, for example, ,  or .  Personally I'm something of a mergist in an eventualist's body, but there are a number of people on Wikipedia who are deletionists, essentialists or something else entirely. Really though, there is no way of knowing whether your article will be deleted or not.  I've been helping compile a list of comics and animation related deletion debates since September at WikiProject Deletion sorting/Comics and animation/archive, but glancing at it I'd suggest it is rare for an article on a comic book series to be nominated. Hope that all helps.Hiding T 16:25, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Saw Robot
seems to have significant descriptive content, so I've declined the speedy. There seem to be references also. If you really want to try to delete it, try afd; I cannot predict the result. 15:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_Only_in_It_for_the_Money

Please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Profanity. Only way to express stated information in article is with the profanity included. I'm just trying to clear up vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.190.5.210 (talk) 08:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

John "Sawyer" Ford
I made a minor annotation and linked "Pillsbury" to "Pillsbury Doughboy" because people outside the United States (or the realm of popular culture) might not be familiar with the reference. It's not vandalism, despite you attempting to brand it that, and I'm adding it back in because it expands the article. 12.22.225.226 (talk) 18:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Steve Wilkos Security
Just out of curiousity why did you remove the Security section from The Steve Wilkos Show article?

75.110.137.47 (talk) 16:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I do have an account, I thought I had logged in. I am deeply sorry. Haysead (talk) 16:22, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The apology
I'm sorry. I vandalized a page of Tsutomu Miyazaki. I'll not vandalize again. Forgive me. --210.237.33.233 (talk) 12:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Calabraxthis! 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. βcommand 17:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Apology
No worries! When I saw you'd made a self-revert it was all good :) SMC (talk) 11:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Use VP with caution.
I notice that you just got VandalProof. It's a powerful program which can accomplish a lot of good, but it also has some glitches that you have to watch out for. If you want to know more, feel free to ask me about it. Doczilla RAWR! 08:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hope you don't mind if I answer your question on Doczilla's talk page: the undisputed best vandal-fighting tool is a fairly new one called huggle. · AndonicO  Hail!  12:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Either Twinkle or huggle sounds more reliable than VP. Twinkle doesn't work on IE, though. I don't know about huggle. All the notes about being careful because huggle is in development have deterred me from trying it yet. Doczilla  RAWR! 21:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * huggle is better, very few bugs (bugs are mainly for admin-related tasks, anyways, like failing to delete a page, or re-reporting a user to AIV rather than blocking). If you'd like, I'll e-mail you the latest version Gurch sent. · AndonicO  Hail!  15:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sent it; sorry for the delay. · AndonicO  Hail!  14:11, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You're quite welcome. A tip: learning a few keyboard shortcut keys should increase your reverting speed significantly. · AndonicO  Hail!  23:35, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Prometheus article
sorry about the edit last night, i was trying to add some info and when i saved the whole talk page was gone. my apologies... thx for the revert! -M —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.22.177.174 (talk) 18:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't
I know Joe personally, that is his given nickname and thought it should be included, don't warn me about anything when honestly I did nothing "wrong". So stop it or my cat will beat u up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.164.47.2 (talk) 07:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Copts
please look at the pages of those people on Wiikipedia and tell me what it is not correct to say they are leading surgeons or leading engineers? what does leading mean then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.88.39 (talk) 07:43, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

you sent me a message about blanking out kent school district. all i did was move the lawsuit section after the schools so i did not blank out anything. dont have to be rude. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.217.32.112 (talk) 03:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Spud Gun Edit
Why do you feel that my edit to Spud Gun was unconstructive? I'm pretty knowledgeable about both spud guns and welding and I think that the info I added was accurate. Care to comment? Phasmatisnox (talk) 18:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Star crossed 01.jpg)
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please explain reverts to sesame street
the article switches from british to american spellings indiscriminately including 'color' and 'colour', 'favorite' and 'favourite', and 'program' and 'programme'. don't you agree that it should be one or the other and not switching between? And as it is originally and american made show, filmed in nyc, how do we justify the british versions in the article? please keep in mind my edits are made in good faith.

Thank you for your response. Don't you agree first of all, that the article should be consistent. and second, i once made a change to how 'colour' was spelled in an article about bird taxonomy. It was explained that the researcher being quoted was british therefore the british spelling was appropriate. Good enough. Seeing how Sesame Street is an American show, shouldn't the same logic apply. Let's apply the rule to all of wikipedia or none of it, not just when we want it to work for us. Also, 'american v. rest of the world' is irrelevant. american spelling is legitimate. as is british spelling. the origin of the subject of the article really should be the determining factor in deciding the spelling of certain words. that seems to be the only fair and rational rule to apply to a multinational wiki site written in english. thanks! and please vote for obama ;-) 12.25.86.34 (talk) 21:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

American Vs. British English
Hello, this is a direct cut and paste from Wikipedia FAQ's

Should I use American English or British English? People contribute to the English language Wikipedia in every possible variety and dialect of formal written English. The English language Wikipedia particularly welcomes contributions from editors whose first language is not English. Still, it is generally good form to keep usage consistent within a given article. The official policy is to use British (AKA "Commonwealth") spelling when writing about British (or Commonwealth) topics, and American for topics relating to the United States. General topics can use any one of the variants, but should generally strive to be consistent within an article

.

See Wikipedia's Manual of Style for a more detailed explanation.

A few points in here, "the official policy is to use British spelling when writing about British topics." Sesame Street is not a "British topic."

"General topics can use any one of the variants, but should generally strive to be consistent within an article. See Wikipedia's Manual of Style for a more detailed explanation." The rest of the article 'Sesame Street' is written in American English. I switched one spelling in the effort to keep it consistent as explained above in Wikipedia's policy. You reverted it back. How do you justify that?

I am not going to get in to an editing war with you. I will let you decide whether or not you want to do the right thing here according to Wikipedia standards and practices.

Though you are not my favorite editor, I will not let that color my opinion of how you program your writing style. Like you, I have more depth of character than that of a fetus and my behavior illustrates as much. Now I need to go wash my tires and put gas in my truck. ;-) 12.25.86.34 (talk) 21:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

sorry about all the re edits, had some trouble getting a part of my post to show up. 12.25.86.34 (talk) 22:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Marisa Tomei in Before the Devil Knows you are dead
Hi, My edits are based on actually watching the movie in question. They are not vandalism. The film does begin with an anal sex scene between Tomei & Hoffman. Tomei is topless throughout the movie. These are facts not opinions. Please rent the DVD & see for yourself. Incidentally, Tomei is a very pretty and talented actress, I have no problerms with nudity. Just typing in information, is all. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.59.212 (talk) 18:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree regarding her prettiness and her talent as an actress. But your sensationalist undergraduate prose placing undue weight on the sex without explaining its notability undoubtedly explains why I removed your edit.  If you are serious, open an account.  Kind regards --  Cala braxthis  (talk) 19:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Miranda Devine RfC
Hi Calabraxthis. Thank you for commenting on the RfC at the Miranda Devine article. Can I ask you to revisit the issues there (I refer again to the deleting edit). There are 3 paragraphs of criticism of Miranda Devine that an editor deleted in a single edit. You said that the criticism section is disproportionate in length to the rest of the article. The first paragraph (from the criticism) is about her conflict of interest regarding her support of the Howard government and the appointment she accepted from the Howard Government to a government education committee. The second paragraph is about an error in her facts while reporting on the Iraq war. The third paragraph criticises General Petraeus of the Iraq war. I think each paragraph needs to be looked at individually regarding merit. I remember that the criticism of paragraph #1 was widely published by various sources, though the book "Silencing Dissent" and Mike Carlton's criticism were used as references, I'm sure that more references could be sourced if requested. I think that criticism of Paragraph #1 is sustainable, and Devine was renowned as a Howard government supporter. Paragraph #2 (about her Iraq misfacts) is probably less important, and Paragraph #3 about General Petraeus is getting off-topic. Wouldn't it be a reasonable compromise, and broadly in line with what user:Renee was saying, to keep the first paragraph of criticism, but delete the 2nd and 3rd paras about Iraq and General Petraeus? Regards, -- Lester  02:19, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thoughts, on re-reading Renee's post on the talk page, she has offered a rewording of that paragraph, beginning with "Devine is a well-known conservative commentator...". I'd be happy to go with Renee's exact wording (deleting the rest), if you are also in agreement with that. Thanks, -- Lester  02:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Calabraxthis. I see your comment on the talk page. I wasn't something I just decided to do. When I didn't get a reply from you some weeks ago, I thought you must have lost interest. I copied and pasted Renee's text verbatim, but leaving the other 2 paragraphs out. The book, Silencing Dissent, goes into the issue in much more detail than what we have in that sentence. I thought it was bare minimum. Regards -- Lester  08:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks  Lester , no I had not lost interest but believed that my comments on the Discussion page "covered the field" as far as my thoughts on the matter went. I still think the consensus is as I indicate on that page.  Kind regards --  Cala braxthis  (talk) 08:35, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Respect Thread Conversions
I'm looking for folks to help convert Respect Threads to wiki formatting on Project Fanboy: WikiFans. Respect Threads, showcase scans of feats performed by comic book characters and have gained an audience on several comic book message boards. A few other wiki editors and myself are trying to convert them from the unprofessional look of a bunch of posts on a message board to the formatting common with WikiMedia wiki's. To view an example of what we're doing, here is a link to Respect Silver Surfer.

I was wondering if you might have time to contribute your comic book knowledge and/or scans of comic book characters performing feats, and help us out with our Respect Articles project?Millennium Cowboy (talk) 02:29, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Kristina Keneally
It will be better to provide references for all the information added in the article, there is no reference for the personal life section.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 08:29, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Update
Thanks for the amendment to my User page regarding Huggle. Can you send me the latest version of the software as the one I have been using is now out of date. Kind regards-- Cala braxthis  (talk) 14:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Huggle/Download -- Gurch (talk) 19:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)