User talk:DuncanHill/Archives/2008/January

DYK, ANI
I help out in DYK regularly and have seen your name. Good work on hooks!

I also saw your comment "I will just say that I am becoming increasingly disgusted at the assumption that new users who turn up here are ban-fodder. That's it. DuncanHill (talk) 00:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)"

New users at ANI do get indef. blocked or blocked a lot at ANI and their comments reverted. Sometimes I see a comment and it's later gone, reverted by an admin. This is terrible. My feeling is that the idea or edit is the most important thing, not the popularity of the editor.Archtransit (talk) 16:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you - I do feel I should point out that any hooks submitted to DYK have been written by others who have been kind enough to feel that articles which I have written may be of interest to others. Thanks also for the comment about ANI - a small discussion does seem to have resulted there, which I hope and trust will encourage some to think twice about their assumptions and behaviour. Best wishes, DuncanHill (talk) 20:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Royal Geological Society of Cornwall logo.jpg
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POV
Your interpretation is incorrect. Please could you not make such unfounded accusations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.69.166 (talk) 01:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I do hope that my interpretation of your pattern of edits was mistaken, tho' do feel it was undrestandable given the lack of consensus for the changes you have been making. DuncanHill (talk) 02:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

William Gregor
Further to above. Please take care with accusations. Not only are the rude but they do not encourage constructive working, and in this case you are mistaken. My change to William Gregor, from Cornish to British, was to be consistent with the description of Humphry Davy] and [[Davies Gilbert, both of who feature prominantly in the article on Royal Geological Society of Cornwall which you created. I also note that British is considerably more informtive to a worldwide readership - most will know of Britain but much fewer will be aware of Cornwall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.69.166 (talk) 02:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Alright
But dont know how to so plz cud u —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thevardonrushes (talk • contribs) 15:53, 4 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Done. DuncanHill (talk) 15:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Copyright flowchart
Sure - link away. Megapixie (talk) 22:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Invite

 * Thanks - but I suspect I was just passing through! I really lack any special knowledge or expertise relating to the University of Florida. DuncanHill (talk) 23:12, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

January 2008
Thank you for making a report on Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, administrators are generally only able to block users if they have received a recent final warning (one that mentions that the user may be blocked) and they have recently vandalized after that warning was given. The reported user has not yet been blocked because it appears this has not occurred yet. If this user continues to vandalize even after their final warning, please report them to the AIV noticeboard again. Jmlk 1  7  00:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Their last warning was a final one, and they have made no constructive edits since then. They have a long history of vandalism, as can be seen by their talk page. In my experience, admins do block in a huge range of circumstances where there is no final warning, and for much less reason than applies to the IP address I reported. DuncanHill (talk) 00:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Me again

 * ...that before he died, Dr William Oliver gave his coachman £100, 10 sacks of flour and a recipe for a biscuit that is eaten today and is still named after him? by DuncanHill OK? We need a Bath Oliver article I think ... Victuallers (talk) 21:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed we do. DuncanHill (talk) 21:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Found one Bath OliverVictuallers (talk) 21:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks - I found it too but couldn't work out how to link to it! DuncanHill (talk) 22:00, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

re:Misplaced vandalism warning
sure. apologies.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 17:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, thanks for leaving that supportive message on my talk page. The block has disappeared now, as mysteriously as it popped up in the first place. Nick mallory (talk) 20:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Thread at AN/I

 * Thanks for the support! I understand your hesistance to jump in at this point in the discussion, but perhaps you'll watchlist it?  Safety in numbers, and all that... it is possible that some sane people will come along and comment.  JERRY talk contribs 03:37, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK - William Oliver

 * Good to hear from you. I am not quite sure who owns the brand, "Bath Oliver" or where they are now manufactured.  Vernon White  . . . Talk 23:45, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

John Surman
John Surman isn't free, but really lyrical and sensitive, unlike anyone else in jazz except (slightly) Jan Garbarek from Norway. The album is Road to Saint Ives (1990) and I have it right in front of me. Look it up and you'll likely recognize some of the place names! Badagnani (talk) 06:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Unfortunately I doubt that I will be able to write very much as I have a lot going on in the real world and am not sure if I can find the time. I may start editing on a limited scale in order to finish the St Buryan project, and then we'll have to see Mammal4 (talk) 08:49, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

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RfA Thanks
Hi DuncanHill - thanks for your participation in my request for adminship. I'm glad you found me "helpful, patient, knowledgeable and calm" (we interacted at WP:MCQ, right?), and I'll try to prove myself worthy of the compliment. The RfA passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 08:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Attractive nuisance
Hi Duncan. The problem is that it wasn't the only thing we said. It seemed pretty obvious that the question presented an attractive nuisance, even beyond being a clear request for medical advice&mdash;so I removed everything. For reference, the very first response to the question said (paraphrasing slightly) 'you should go to the hospital, as you may have a concussion'.

The metadiscussion that people insist on having on the Desk – rather than on the talk page, where it belongs – also isn't helpful, and is almost certainly confusing to newbies to the Desk. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 16:52, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The question effectively said "I may have concussion" so to repeat that, with an instruction to go to hospital seems entirely proper, as do suggestions that the OP seeks legal and union advice. DuncanHill (talk) 22:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

LocateMe
Hi. Can you please also add date within the LocateMe tags? It make it easier to sort them. -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Check my summary in the previous message! :) Add a pipe in the template and put date= the current date. i.e. . -- Magioladitis (talk) 12:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I always had problems to enter coordinated correctly! Maybe that's why I just add tags instead of direct fixing the articles. Instructions are supposed to be in WikiProject Geographical coordinates. Give it a try. If you still have questions put them in the talk page. Certainly someone more experienced than both of us can tell you. Friendly, Magioladitis (talk) 12:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your persistent comments
I really would like to thank you for your determined honesty in supporting gays (and supporting balance on both sides, and Wikipedia as well) during the recent discussion. Your user page gives no hint that you'd have any special reason to defend us, so I can only conclude that you've done it out of simple fairness and decency. It's deeply appreciated. William P. Coleman (talk) 18:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Help desk
"The term is often used informally as a synonym for Northern Ireland." - Is what I meant :-) Scarian Call me Pat  22:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Treacle mines
"Of course, one does find treacle mines here and there..." -- Thanks much for that. Made my day. :-) -- Writtenonsand (talk) 15:36, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Huh. Now I've just read our article Treacle mining and there's much more to this than I'd thought (I'd only heard about this from a certain tea party...) Funny and educational. Can't ask for more. :-) -- Writtenonsand (talk) 15:38, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It's a good thing ...
... you decided to stick around despite the short shrift you received at the noticeboard last year. Instead of leaving Wikipedia (and your illusions behind) you chose to stay and make a difference, to challenge perfunctory hivemindedness and to emphasize kindness. I don't know whether I'm as critical of our administrators - they too are just volunteers trying to do their thing, and there are a great many whose work I highly appreciate. All the same and even more so, it's good to hear your voice at the noticeboards. (It goes without saying that it's good to keep hearing it at the desks as well). Take care. ---Sluzzelin talk  00:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * moved to userpage - perhaps the most appreciated of my barnstars because of who it is from.
 * Thank you - it's really very kind of you, and very much appreciated. We do indeed have some excellent admins, I suppose I just wish they were all like that! DuncanHill (talk) 01:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Cornwall Resources list
Thanks for this. I have suggested some online sources on the Talk page. Some annotation of the resources would be useful, e.g. Smelt is a good read but has some inaccuracies. Some of the articles are digests of DNB biographies, with speculation added. BTW, Tony Pawlyn spells his name with a "y". Best Vernon White  '''. . . Talk''' 07:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Many thanks for the sugestions - I have added them. I'll try to add some sort of annotation at some point - actually it'll be a good exercise for me, and refresh my memories of those books I haven't read for a while. You're quite right about Pawlyn - my keyboard has a revolutionary theory of orthography all its own! Thanks again for the suggestions, all the best, DuncanHill (talk) 07:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Userfied
The article has been moved to your user space here. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:34, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Not the shortest, but yes. And doesn't add a heckuva lot to the knowledge of the reader. :-) Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)