User talk:Dismas/archive2

Thanks
Thanks for your help re: headings. Much appreciated!

Xtremesage 12:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Sorry about the problems I caused. I'm still rather new to Wikipidia and I wasn't aware I was putting in bad links. It won't happen again. Balin42632003

Re: Paris Hilton
Are you kidding? It was the seed from which all her fame and branding opportunities grew. The movie is now partly under her ownership - it's her flagship entrepeneurial venture. Denying its impact on her career is pure POV.

Re: publications
Sorry about that. I'll be sure to italicize the names from now. I didn't know. :)

Thanks and editing questions
Thanks for the welcome. I fixed the Carbon Leaf talk page with your instructions. I hope I didn't mess up their article, as I'm obviously new to editing here, but it needed updating. Let me know if I should fix anything. And while I'm here...their main picture isn't exactly the best (and the poster seems to be a banned user or sockpuppet). I don't want to cause any waves, but I'd like to change it to a publicity photo from their website. Would that be OK? Thanks! Willoughbee 16:30, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

re: Carbon Leaf
Heh. That is a lot more than I asked for, but that's great because I'm glad I'm not the only one that is less-than-pleased with the article. Since I didn't write any of it, I didn't know how much I should change right off the bat. I'll work on your suggestions when I get a chance, probably in bits and pieces as I'm still not completely comfortable with the process.

On some of your points:
 * The only reference in the article was in-line, so I stuck with that convention and just updated it to the proper style. I didn't know if I could just come in and change the whole format of the article. I'll change it to footnote style when I get a chance and, in the process, fix the mess that's at the end (Trivia, links, and sources).
 * They have a whole page on their site devoted to Press Images that gives permission to use them, but I'll ask Barry when I see him on Thursday which one of those he wants me to use.

Thanks again for your help! Willoughbee 04:08, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Pancakes and toast
'nuff said :-) --HappyCamper 19:30, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Laitman and Gilfry articles
Hi Dismas, Yes, I'm new here. I'm a freelance writer and my specialty is music. I was so blown away by the tags, I just removed content. I only hope I'll be able to find my way back to this talk page so I can see how to proceed.

Thanks.

Susan Dor

Dismas, Thanks for properly formatting my Gilfry and Laitman articles. I appreciate your help. I will add some content to both. I do think Lori Laitman fits the notability criteria for Wikipedia as her art songs are sung the world over by noted artists. Again, thanks. Wikipedia is a bit formidable for newcomers. Susan Dor

Photos
Hey Dismas, Thanks for putting the links into my Laitman and Gilfry articles. I appreciate your help. Susan Dor

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Ironic because she was the first Playmate to have breast implants. You're right, not obvious.

Re: Laitman and Gilfry
Dismas, Will you help me add an External Link section to the Rod Gilfry page? I don't know how. The first link would be Official Website: www.rodgilfry.com. Will you help me do the same for Lori Laitman? The External Link would be Official website: www.artsongs.com. Thanks. I am grateful that you know the ropes and can help newcomers like me. Susan Dor

Dismas, Thanks for the External Link for Gilfry. I will try to figure it out for myself for the other one. You're great! Susan

Re: Help Desk - Concentration
Thanks. I didn't think I was either. We worked out or differences though. :) --Crossmr 07:46, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Fight4kids, Inc.
What is an NN organization? Please let me know how this article can be improved.

RE: Family Groove Company
Thank you for your comment. I have changed my vote to Conditional Keep. See the deletion page for my response in more detail and the condition for it to be kept. Regards, --Auger Martel 04:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Chuck Taylor
The Chuck Taylor entry has been edited by the author of the new Indiana University biography on Taylor. Can you remove the "neutrality disputed" label. The text in Wikipedia now conforms to the book, which is a high scholarly effort published by the second largest university Press in America. Thanks - Abe Aamidor

Scary Movie
My apologies, I missed the capital "M". I see now that Category:Scary Movie actors is indeed appropriate for her, since we're going for the movie of the title "Scary Movie", and not a more generalized genre. Sorry for any confusion. --Elonka 06:13, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

hey guy
hey guy i posted a link for ebony ayes but you removed it it had no spam or advertisements can you tell me why you removed it?

and thanks!!

i love wiki
 * Sure I can tell you. You're right in that there were no ads but it still wasn't noteworthy enough to keep because it was basically just a copy of the Wikipedia entry plus some photos.  Photos which I doubt you own the copyright to and can also easily be found via any google image search.  So there was no point in keeping it.  See WP:EL for more about adding external links.  Dismas|(talk) 21:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I need help!
I just joined Wikipedia. I don't understand how to add things to my user page or edit other pages. Can you please help me? -bcody

Fair Use images are disallowed in user namespace
You have several Fair Use images on the page User:Dismas/Images. This is in violation of Fair Use. Please remove any fair use images that reside in you user space. To keep the entries without the the image showing you should place a ":" before "Image:" in the image link tag. __meco 02:16, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Devon Aoki Vandalism
Hi. I'm writing this message to let you know that the article Devon Aoki has been vandalized by an anonymous user, and I've about had it with the "Area 51", "prostitution", and other irrelevant stuff that should NEVER be on a Wikipedia page.

In fact, this keeps happening repeatedly, after someone of high-rank removes it. It sounds like to me that either a punk or goth kid anonymous user sent by Jeff Hardy or Bam Margera was told to vandalize these beautiful pages. Can you help put a stop to this Wikipedia terrorism? I'm sure getting sick and tired of these vandalistic changes. --D.F. Williams 20:24, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Comments removed and ignored until editor can find a civil tongue. Dismas|(talk) 01:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

rrg!!
why are you deleting my article?! you have no part of this!

US to U.S. in article titles for dabing
As you can see from Naming conventions (television) US is prefered over U.S. when used in article titles as a disambiguator. There is more information on this at Naming conventions (acronyms). Qutezuce 05:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

what can i do to the images be not excluded? thanx

Alexz Johnson Article
You have been very helpful on the Alexz Johnson article. Today, I encountered vandalism on this article, from 75.34.56.120 (who has also vandalized two other articles).

Do you know the procedure for doing something about this? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

JD_Fan

Betty Boop Cinderella
See Talk:Betty Boop 1. The anonymous user didn't do a very good job of incorporating it in the article... it should be worked in earlier. It wasn't vandalism, though. &mdash;Chowbok 01:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Playboy
You asked: "Quick fair use question for you. Can the image in the info box in the article on Playboy be used there under the fair use guidelines?  I don't think so because there isn't a discussion about that particular issue, but I'm a fair use idiot so I figured I'd ask someone who's more familiar with the FU guidelines.  Thanks,"


 * Neither image as they currently sit are acceptable because neither have a detailed fair-use rationale. A pretty compelling justification could be given for the Marilyn Monroe cover as this is specifically discussed in the article.  However, the other cover is not discussed in the article istelf and does not seem to be being used to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question.  Thus, no fair-use rationale would be possible for that one.  --Yamla 02:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Removal of images
If your only problem with an image in a particular article is that you think its fair use status prevents it from being the lead image, don't remove it entirely&mdash;move it down in the article text. If you don't have the time to do this, then please leave this issue for others to deal with properly. Thanks. Postdlf 15:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Industry Spindoctors Editing Wikipedia
Hello Dismas did you notice that the image gallery you added to the Sweetest Day page was removed by Isotope23? Are Isotope23 and Transfinite industry spindoctors who are spinning the Sweetest Day page? I really liked the gallery you added to the page using my images of the real Sweetest Day Founders. What do you think of the editing frenzy happening on the Sweetest Day page? Thank you. Miracleimpulse 19:48, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the article will be kept and the fury of edits will die down. I had no problem with the photos of the men being there but can see the point of removing the fuzzy images of the newspaper itself.  Basically, after the AFD is settled, the article could be made into a very good one but references will need to be cited at every turn to keep the rabble rousers at bay.  Dismas|(talk) 20:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Dismas. I believe the photos should stay, even if they are a little fuzzy. Those images give a very good idea of how Sweetest Day really started. What do you think about splitting the page in two, one called Sweetest Day and the other called The Sweetest Day Hoax. That would allow both sides to tell their story without all the editing conflicts. Thanks again. Miracleimpulse 20:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I would say that the article should remain one article and the "hoax" part should be referred to as "popular mythology". Okay, I really must go mow the lawn now... the iPod is all ready to go and in my ears... the lawn calls...  Or is that the wife...?  Either way... Dismas|(talk) 20:16, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Commment Sorry, to burst your conspiracy bubble Miracleimpulse, but I'm not an industry spin doctor. I've never worked for a candy, greeting card, or gift manufacturer or retailer in my life.  My only interest is making sure this article is correctly sourced, factual, and conforms to the neutral point of view.  Like I said on the article talk page, I'm open to discussing the image gallery.  I still don't see the purpose in it, but I'm completely willing to discuss this on the article talk page, and if consensus is to have it in the article than I'm fine with that... and for the record, I think Sweetest Day is the bloody stupidest "holiday" I've ever seen.--Isotope23 14:17, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Ha!
So you're the industry insider... :)  I'm in IT, the only effect this would have on me is if my significant other wanted to celebrate it and thankfully, she has the same view of it as I do.
 * Miracleimpulse created a POV fork at The Sweetest Day Hoax because apparently he/she was not happy with the "constructive editing" that was happening at Sweetest Day. Once this all gets sorted out, I have no objection to adding back the image gallery, just resized a bit smaller.  I just wish the image names were a bit more NPOV...  The problem here is that there are several different versions of the inception of this holiday ranging from start dates of 1910 or 1920 to who actually started it.  I'd like to have an article that accurately and neutrally discusses the murky beginnings of the "holiday" without advancing any POV or agenda.  Hopefully this can happen once the furor dies down.--Isotope23 14:39, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Chips
Probably, if you work for the "big" chipmaker. I'm in SQA and everywhere I've worked the last 10 years has been an Intel (i.e. Dell) shop. I must admit though I build AMD/Asus in my free time just because I'm more familiar with the architecture.--Isotope23 14:54, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, they still make chips? The last few years my only contact with IBM was with there growing services arm.  Last place I consulted at was replacing their 4-5 contract houses with one consolidated software services contract through IBM.--Isotope23 15:04, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Saw your comment on the Help desk
Is this what you meant, see source for syntax ? NielsF Talk to me.. 00:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming people
Could you please be more careful in who you choose to welcome to Wikipedia? User:River-phoenix-fan93 is a sockpuppet of a banned user that we have been trying very hard to get rid of for some time. It really doesn't help when some bright spark decides to welcome each new sockpuppet and suggest that he sticks around. Rebecca 06:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll just not welcome anyone then. Dismas|(talk) 11:19, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

About the Hollywood/dems-category
There is a similar "Hollywood Supporters of the Republican Party" - category, so if your going to delete "Hollywood Supporters of the Democratic Party" then both should be deleted.

Oops
I am very sorry about this. I was archiving my talk page and I was looking for new ways to illustrate it and I came across your page. I thought the link was cool and I copied it and put it to use. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to change the link. If anything like this happens again, please accept my humblest apologies. But your page really is cool.:D-- C hi  li  14  22:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

baseball-
Here are some more names.Doug Bair,Fred Norman,Ray KnightTom Humes,Pedro Borlo,Junior Kennedy,Joe Morgan,Dave Collins...It's pretty obvious that I dont know baseball.Some of the names I cannot read due to the unique signatures.Thanks for the best info..Cincinatti Reds!judith 05:40, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Reds
thanks for the info.i will take your advise and follow up with a dealer in collectables.as far as th signatures...it looks like the ink is smeared on two different names and slightly fading on others.again thanks.judith 11:24, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Teenboy5000
Why? Please? I want to add shows its fun.
 * Because they don't exist. In order to remain, they must first exist in the real world, not just your imagination.  Dismas|(talk) 20:19, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

hello
Thanx buddy its really informative i really trying hard to find this kinda material but really rocks !! thx for this have a nice day and take care

Missy Peregrym Edit
probable vandalism? This is my first time on here, what did I do wrong that I am possibly vandalising? Sheesh...Watch some TV. The big deal is that the 3 main female stars of that film are all now dating big name athletes. Watch some Entertainment Tonight...sheesh. haha

Cool
Alright understandable. I am sorry for jumping the gun at you. No harm intended. Thanks for the help.

Entertainers who performed for troops during the Vietnam War targeted for deletion
Hello. Category:Entertainers who performed for troops during the Vietnam War has been proposed for deletion. You have made edits to this page in the past. If possible, please comment at Categories for deletion/Log/2006 October 1. Thanks.—Xanderer 21:14, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —Xanderer 01:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Playboy cover
See here. &mdash;Chowbok 21:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Airamerica.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Airamerica.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Quentin X 12:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't replace it just to have my image there. I tend to find that images of movie posters are generally larger than images of DVD covers and, therefore, give you more detail (credits, rating etc..). DVD covers can also have quotes on them that can be misleading ("Best Movie of the Year" says the Stirling Shopper). Also the article is about the film, not the DVD. A seperate DVD section can be stuck at the bottom of the article where the DVD image can be used (the Police Academy series has this). (Quentin X 15:27, 6 October 2006 (UTC))

Re: Sienna Miller
Ah, good point. I've sprotected it for now, should put a pretty good stop to it. There's a number of places you could report that sort of thing -- WP:AIV, WP:RFP, or even (as you did) some random user talk page. :) Thanks for the heads up. Luna Santin 19:30, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course. :) I think they tend to have about a 30-60 minute delay, though I tend to hawk over AIV and CAT:CSD more often. Lemme know if you have any further problems. Luna Santin 19:35, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey Dismas
Thank u 4 ur response at the reference desk, it was 1 of the nost useful. working for IBM sounds like a dream come true, lol. I'd love to, I love computers and all that has to do with technology. I only study psychology because there isn't a single good technology company here, all is imported....so studying software engineering is not a 'good option' here, so that's why I chose psychology, mostly to not have problems with my parents over my career. but If I work and support myself, I'd be able to study what I always wanted to. ( I like psychology too, but I've grown to like it after being a student, whereas I've always liked computers).

The problem is that... how will they give me a job at IBM without a resume of previous experience on computer software engineering and actuall experience, cause I have none! (besides what I like to learn for myself only for curiosity). I guess I can go in as a jannitor lol :P. then study and prove them how much of a geek I am lol. :P--Cosmic girl 00:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

thank you so much for your response! :) it made me feel understood with the parents issue.

Do you think we could meet when I am in Vermont? :P I'd love to meet a wikipedian in the place where I'll be living for a short time (hopefully a long time :P).

what's your job position there now if I may ask?, are you studying for some 'high tech' position?. where do you live? in Burlington city?.I'll be living in Bolton city.:)--Cosmic girl 13:26, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

ps. I've been reading about IBM and I see it investigates in the nanotech field... I'd love to do that...lol,. but I guess I'm just dreaming, cause I'm not a physicist.:P --Cosmic girl 13:31, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Awesome, I'd like to make wafers :P :D, sounds fun. do u think I can email u? so that we can talk on msn if u use it. I wouldn't like to disclose my real name or location on wikipedia... (not because I don't trust wikipedians, but because I don't trust internet surfers in general). I'm going on december, with a j-1 visa as an exchange student with a work and travel program...do you think this j-1 visa status will be detrimental to my wanting to stay and work with IBM?.( If I do, cause I might as well not be brave enough to follow what I want and come back : --Cosmic girl 14:24, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I emailed u, I hope it arrived! :) --Cosmic girl 16:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

An Incomplete History of the art of Funerary Violin
Nice entry. I'm sure I'll expand on it more when I get a round tuit and actually have a copy in my hands. You state "Book stores that have agreed to stock the book are at a bit of a loss as to how to categorize it. The book doesn't really belong in fiction since it's not the standard narrative that would normally fall under that category and the art history section would be incorrect as well since the history is fictionalized." I don't know about bookstores, but as a librarian, if the author asserts that the work is non-fiction, we treat it as such.

Personally, if I had to catalog the book, I'd put it with Funeral Music - Europe cbustapeck 18:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Hey!!!
Do not remove messages on HamishMacBeth page or be banned!

Hey!!! I didn't!!! Dismas|(talk) 12:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC) Oh, um... !!!

Seinfeld
Apologies, I just started my first wikipedia edits tonight. I thought something was odd (the pages reverting back) and had just realized it might be someone else changing them when I saw your comment to me (and then checked the article history). I would respectfully like to ask two questions though:

1.

Perhaps I'm lazy and could find this in the Help section somewhere, but when you noted in the history of this page that I moved the "External Links" section down below where it should be, is there a standard/accepted Wikipedia article order that places FAQs, Episodes and Scripts sections below References, External Links, or is this just your personal preference?

I changed the article to put References, followed by External Links at the bottom because in most articles I recall it is done in this way (maybe I'm wrong) and also because I believe it makes more sense to keep sections regarding links to external sources at the very bottom of the article (while FAQs, Episodes and Scripts do each have links to external sources, they are more narrowly focused on the topic and do less branching out to miscellaneous things, thus why I thought it important to keep them further from the bottom).

I am not really contentious about this issue, but I am just kind of curious.

2.

My 2nd question regards your comments that you removed the link to the Wikipedia article listing the Seinfeld episodes I put in (under the "See also" section) because it already appears in the main body of the article.

First of all, I put it in the "See also" section because it was where I saw a corresponding link at the bottom of the NewsRadio article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewsRadio). I've since changed that page though, replacing the "See also" section (which only contained the one said link) with an "Episodes" section (previously not present) that contains the link to the wikipedia article listing the NewsRadio episodes, as I believe that more appropriate.

I also believe this to be still appropriate to place under the "Episodes" section of the Seinfeld article. The reason being, upon browsing several different wikipedia articles on different tv shows this week, I have been watching various episodes from various different shows and have occaisonally been wanting to look up an episode/list on wikipedia, starting with NewsRadio, which I simply typed in, and scrolled to the bottom to find the list of episodes (the easiest way to get there in my opinion). Upon viewing other tv show articles, such as Seinfeld, I noticed no such link was easily viewable at the bottom of the page, hence my addition.

I read your comments that the link is already in the main body of the article, which it is, but I, nor anyone else, I believe, wish to try and read the whole article or scroll down looking for some obscure link in the article simply to gain access to the compilation of episodes page. Furthermore, it makes no sense to me that the actual section called "Episodes", containing the links to various compilations of Seinfeld episodes would not by de facto link to the wikipedia article pertaining to this, it's inclusion to me would just seem common sense.

As a reader, if you are on the page of a tv show and decide that you want to see a list of it's episodes, by default, you would scroll to the "Episodes" section first I think, and if you want to stay on wikipedia for its article on this (which I think most people do, I do anyway) as opposed to having to go to an external source, but the wikipedia article is not listed, I doubt most people would (or rather, would want to) know it exists or go looking for it in the article itself by having to tediously read through it. I just think it's inconvenient and I don't really see the logic in it.

If there is a rule/standard/code that you shouldn't link to the same article (this case being, the list of Seinfeld episodes) twice in one article, then I propose removing the link within the main body of the text and adding one in under the "Episodes" section.

Do you see where I'm coming from? What is your view? JockS 12:16, 24 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Resolved**

...make link direct
I have the feeling I am responsible for some of the clean-up you are doing...(make link direct). What am I doing wrong?

trezjr 02:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Alexz Johnson Article
Thanks for the previous advice about reverting edits, which I used to correct vandalism by 68.203.194.13, who deleted the entire Biography section. I'll have to see what the options are if this person vandalizes the article again.

User:JD_Fan

Reverence
Hi, I had advised you to take reverence to DYK. But upon reading it further, I would request you to add some more matter to the article to increase its chances of being selected for DYK. Let me know if I can help -- Lost (talk) 07:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Reverence2.jpg
Regarding this image, under U.S. copyright law, statues and other 3-D artworks are copyrighted by the artist. Thus, this photo cannot be on Commons. Please re-upload to en-WP and tag it with two licenses (cc-by-sa-2.5 for the digitization and Statue for the depiction of the statue). Please see Commons:Derivative works for more details. Thanks, and sorry about this.  howch e  ng   {chat} 17:55, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Your John Wayne edit
Sorry about messing up your John Wayne edit yesterday. I'm glad you fixed it right away. B-) WVhybrid 00:01, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK Backlog
When a number of entries are running the risk of becoming stale because no one is updating, it's a good idea to call in an admin, even though it's probably not what I would call a backlog. Backlogs usually consist of hundreds of entries. DYK tennds to lack updates over the weekend though. I'm recovering from my jetlag as I just returned home to Europe from a trip to the US. If this still needs attention, please find another admin to take care of it. - Mgm|(talk) 10:37, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

 * Congratulations -- Lost (talk) 17:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)