User talk:EWS23/Archive 2

Hec Ed
You wrote: ''First of all, I believe if were are going to do this it should properly be at Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. For evidence of this, please see this official link. Secondly, is this even necessary? Most people know it as Hec Edmunson Pavilion, and this requires us to move it and change all the redirects if a new sponsor other than Bank of America comes along. My personal opinion is that we should move it back to Hec Edmunson Pavilion, and redirect Bank of America arena and all related variations to that page. Your thoughts?''

Thanks for the message. You're absolutely right...I messed up and got the order backwards. But I do think it's correct to have things under their official names...I doubt Bank of America will take its name off Hec Ed anytime soon (I think, by the way, most people know it as "Hec Ed," not "Hec Edmundson Pavilion")...and it's not too big a deal for us to move it again should the need ever arise.... Thoughts? --Lukobe 06:32, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you're right about "Hec Ed." I guess it's fine to leave it in the official form; it seems a little long, but the official titles of almost everything nowadays are excessively long. Hopefully we can get some more information for the page so it's no longer a stub. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 06:52, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

User:AlMac signature
Thanks from AlMac]]|[[User talk:AlMac|(talk) 19:54, 15 December 2005 (UTC) I guess I will have to learn from someone what the precise set of characters are that I need to key in to get something that looks cute. AlMac]]|[[User talk:AlMac|(talk)

If you visit my talk page and see my sandbox experiments, it is pretty obvious that I am a failure at figuring out these instructions, so far. AlMac|(talk) 20:26, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps you can point me at more pages like the one on fixing signature? Notice that I plagarized something from you, but I not like the color combination. User:AlMac|(talk) 20:34, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Re: User:On_wheels?
That's no problem; better be safe than sorry! For sockpuppets such as Willy on Wheels vandals and the ...is Communism vandals, there's no problem with listing them at WP:AIV. With any other sockpuppet used for vandalism it is also fine to list at WP:AIV. However, for non-vandalism sockpuppets, I'm not sure where to go, but WP:AIV is probably the wrong place in the less serious cases. If you come across a suspected non-vandalism sock, I would suggest the administrators noticeboard. Fir e  Fox  17:56, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Winter Olymipcs
Dear EWS23

When did I leave a message about the Winter Olympics? I don't beleive I left a new post on the winter olympics page. I have never left a message, or edited a page in Wikipedia.
 * The message must have been left for somebody else then. IP addresses are often shared and can change each time you log in. I apologize for the confusion. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 04:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

ramaz revisions
i see you were working on countering some vandalism on the ramaz page -- thanks for your work!!
 * Thanks a lot for your message. There were one or two unusually persistant vandals editing that page, and why they chose Ramaz as a target I couldn't tell you. By the way, welcome to Wikipedia and see your talk page for a special welcome message from me! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 19:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

No problem
Heh, no problem, it's my own article stub, so I was surprised to see an AfD tagged on it today. (Saying that it's "Either too POV or too little information", what a description, heh). Anyways, I appreciate your help just as much, best of luck vandal-hunting, you should start collecting pelts/scalps Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 05:43, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks
Please accept my embarrassingly belated thank you for supporting my RfA, which much to my surprise passed 102/1/1, earning me minor notoriety. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have already started doing the things people wanted me to be able to do. And hopefully nothing else... Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 12:37, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

D-League revisions
Thanks for the messsage. I realize now that I should have put edit summaries on the alterations I made to the NBA Development League team pages. It was late at night and I was tired when I was doing it, so I just didn't think about it. I added the team affiliations to each team's page that night, which wasn't reflected in a summary. I usually did summarized before, and I always will now. Eric 20:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

thx
Thank you, diff. I didn't know that I was logged out.

Sonny jim 04:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. :o) EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 04:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Florence Ballard
Regarding Florence Ballard, two paragraphs were listed twice. I didn't think it'd need a summary since I thought it'd be obvious to anybody comparing the two versions. I have done the change with the reason in the edit summary. Better now? 66.177.3.102 05:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. I apologize for the confusion, and please see your talk page for a welcome from me. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 05:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Concern of Healthy eating
Yes. I am concerned about the POV contained in the article; but as of now, i'm extremely busy with other projects and my businesses. I'll be free tommorow, and will hopefully merging healthy eating into healthy diet. Don't worry; just mark it with the merge again, and then i will be reminded.

The magical Spum-dandy 19:51, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Omega block
I was looking through the Reference desk and thought your answer at Reference desk/Science would make a great stub, which I've placed at Omega block, with attribution on the edit summary. It's an almost literal copy-paste of part of your answer (I only fixed effected->affected). --cesarb 01:33, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I was considering doing that myself, but I am sometimes stretched for time. I'll do my best to extend it in any way I can. Thanks again for your kind comments and help! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 02:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for the compliment on the band im in. I wanted to get your opinion though. Diez said that the article on the band isn't up for deletion. Should I make a page on the band? schyler 04:00, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Schyler! Thanks for your message. I wouldn't suggest making a page for your band, as middle school bands generally aren't notable enough for their own encyclopedia page. For that matter, most high school bands aren't notable either. In both cases, the band would likely only qualify for a sentence or section on the page for their school. However, most middle and high schools don't have their own Wikipedia page either! You'll notice that all of the schools/bands that I was a part of are all red-links (Deerpark Middle School, Deerpark Middle School band, McNeil High School, McNeil High School Maverick marching band). However, you're welcome to include as much information about yourself, your band, your band director, etc. on your user page, or on your own personal web page or blog.


 * Thanks a lot for your contributions to Wikipedia, and feel free to message me if you want to talk or have any questions about anything else (Wikipedia, Wikipedia policies, band, Texas etc.)! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 04:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

???
I am kind of proud of the page I wrote on my band director, and would still like to be able to see it. Could I do like a User:Schyler/Christine Belle page? schyler 04:26, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you can make User:Schyler/Christine Belle! Just click on the red link and copy the page into that. This is one of the easiest ways to make sub-pages to your user page should you need it in the future. Generally, Wikipedia is not web server space for your own personal stuff (see WP:NOT), but considering this is directly Wikipedia related, I don't think anyone would have a problem with it (as long as you don't make it a habit). On a side note, I think you have reason to be proud of the page you made. Most pages we delete as non-notable or under WP:VANITY are fairly underdeveloped. Your page has the tone and look of a Wikipedia page. If you can take that intuition and editing skill and apply it, I'm sure you'll continue to make a good contributor! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 04:37, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Bach
Greetings! Saw this edit. LOL! Keep up the good work! Best wishes, RobertG &#9836; talk 10:51, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message. I considered using an emoticon but, as I guessed, the joke was pretty obvious. :o) Thanks for the encouragement, and keep up the good work yourself! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 16:20, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

sorry
I happened on Harry Potter in clicking for random items. I searched it for the words "Fundamentalist" and "Objection" but missed that very good section you refer to. The article as a whole is very long, but I should have read the whole thing carefully - thanks for fixing my unnecessary intrusion. Carrionluggage 18:34, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks!
Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --P e ruvianLlama(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

"The Shocker" definition
Thanks for fixing that. I wanted to ensure people understood it is offensive in nature (most of the time) but didn't know how to; your added sentence perfectly conveys what I wanted to say.

Thanks!
 * Sure, no problem. Thanks for your original edit so that we could get that crucial bit of information in there. You did the right thing: be bold! Even if what you do isn't exactly right, someone will pick up on what you were trying to do and help you out. Welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope you will continue to help us out. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 18:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Hey, EWS23, I wanted to thank you for your support of my (unfortunately unsuccessful) request for adminship. The final tally was 37/16/5, which fell short of the needed 75-80% for "consensus". Your kind words were very warmly received, and I will try to warn vandals on their talk pages more in the future. I don't know if or when I'll go up for nomination again, but even if I don't, I will try not to betray the trust that you and 36 others were willing to place in me. Thanks for having faith in me... and happy editing! Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 00:23, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Experimenting?
I fixed the article, Franco American is no longer owned by Campbell Soup. You see, Wikipedia is notorious for having bad information. I noticed some of it so I fixed it. Just out of curiosity, do you use that arogant, condescending tone with everyone? Now I'm going to "experiment" some more and undo your revert. If you have proof, however, that Franco American is still owned by Campbell Soup then by all means, revert it again, but as far as I can tell you're the one mindlessly "experimenting" with said page. Thanks for understanding!
 * I apologize for the misunderstanding. After doing some searching, I have found that Campbell no longer uses the "Franco American" logo (however, as far as I can tell, they still own the brand name, should they choose to use it in the future). The reason I reverted your edit is because we often have a problem at Wikipedia of people removing information for no good reason; when I saw that you removed the information without providing an edit summary explaining the edit, I had no way of knowing why the information was removed. As for my "condenscending tone", I apologize for that as well. On your talk page I simply used the standard message for people who make tests at Wikipedia which you can see at Template:Test. Once again, I apologize for the confusion, and hope you will continue to make positive edits to the encyclopedia! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 01:05, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

My username
Thanks very much for your vote and your message. I don't know how much I can enlighten you, though--it was an odd choice, I'll admit. Chick Bowen was from my hometown, but died long before I was born. At one point I looked up all the major league players who were both born and died in New Haven; there are only a handful. Chick was the least successful; maybe that's why I liked him. I played little league for three years and had a lifetime batting average of .000, so I feel a certain affinity. . . I hope I get a chance to work with you soon. Cheers, Chick Bowen 04:43, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for your support on my request for adminship. It ultimately succeeded with votes of 52/1/2, so I am now an administrator. Should you have any questions, comments, complaints, or requests at any point in the future, please do not hesitate to let me know on my talk page or via e-mail. —bbatsell ¿?  04:39, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Adminship Vote
I want to sincerely thank you for voting on my adminship nomination. Whenever I mess up, please let me know. I want to learn from my mistakes so they don't become patterns. Superm401 - Talk 05:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising
The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:20, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

AfD on James Watkins
A nominator made a very peculiar "joint nomination" of these two persons (perhaps because they are married to each other). However, each person has a very different purport to notability, and the deletions should be decided independently. It would be great if you could clarify on each AfD what your voting intent is. Thanks. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 19:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: 2006 Winter Olympics
Yeah, I figured that out after I made that edit. I went to go revert myself, but you had already reverted for me. Thanks! I was reading that infobox at the bottom, and counted 22, but noticed that two weren't recognized, making 2006 the 20th. Thanks! -- RattleMan 01:07, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

2006 Winter Olympics--Info about Vancouver
I feel that the information about Vancouver was unnecessary at this time. That's why I removed the information. It should be in 2010 Winter Olympics, NOT 2006 Winter Olympics. -- SNIyer12|(Leave a message!), 14:37, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. I figured that was the case, but wanted to make sure from you. Thanks for your edits! EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 17:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Adams MA
Yes, it is in a sense honourary I suppose. Oxbridge differ from all other UK universities in that all students (who initially graduate with a BA) are awarded an MA a certain number of years after graduation. There are no further academic requirements, and indeed as far as I'm aware they need not have any further contact with their college or the university. I think (although I'm not 100% certain) that Cambridge only offer M.Phil courses as taught Master's, and thus I assume that Adams' didn't actually complete any further study (note that it IS common to acquire an MA through a further 1 or 2 year course at all other English Universities, and in some Scottish unis all undergraduates study for an MA from the start, over four years). It's a bit misleading (although I suppose technically not incorrect) to say that he gained an MA, as all Oxbridge alumni or alumna are eligible to receive the additional honourific automatically. I should point out that I'm not an expert in either Adams or the intricacies of Oxbridge matriculation requirements, so it is possible that I'm wrong, but that's my understanding of the situation. Anyway, hope that helps! Great article and congratulations on the FA btw. Cheers, Badgerpatrol 03:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi again- whilst I think we are both 100% correct, that link doesn't actually prove it. Cambridge has a collegiate system, consisting of a large number (dozens) of individual, semi-autonomous colleges (in the British academic sense). It is theoretically possible that he took his BA at St. John's and then switched to another college (at the same university) for any further degrees. However, I suspect this is unlikely and it is really a very minor point anyway, and certainly not one with any significant bearing on the article. Cheers, Badgerpatrol 03:24, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, and for your kind remark. The RfA passed with a final vote of 54/2/1 despite my obvious inadequacy for the job. I'll do my level best to use the mop — or, as I said in my RfA, plunger — responsibly. Of course, in the best tradition of politicans everywhere, I've already broken a campaign promise (I blocked a vandal last night despite having said "I don't anticipate using the blocking tool very often"). Nevertheless, I'll try not to let the unbridled power corrupt me. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 14:56, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Harry Potter
Hi EWS23!!! Thanks for your message! I was wondering if you could leave me another message with some tips for my editing. Could I please have all that you know about making a good contribution to Wikipedia? Yeah. I know it's a lot to ask, but if you don't tell me, I might just keep on making useless edits without even knowing it. Then that would be a waste of my time, and the person who cleans up the page's time. After all, this is a learning process. thankyou... --Abbopa 03:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Help!
This is too difficult for me to figure out. How do I remove my organization from Wikipedia?

Thank you,

Marilyn Milos, RN, Executive Director National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers

HELP!
I want to remove my organization because I am inept at knowing how to function within your system and don't have time to learn. Someone keeps editing our entry to say that the National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers in a non-profit anti-circumcision organization. That is NOT true! If a circumcision is medically necessary, after all alternative, less invasive therapy has been tried and failed, OR, if an adult male, who has been truly informed, wants to be circumcised, our organization supports the need or the right for these. We do, however, want to inform parents that routine infant circumcision is not recommended by any national or international medical association in the world and that there are risk and life-long consequences because of circumcision. This is not anti-circumcision, and our organization should not be labelled as such.

So, because, when I edit our blurb to correct this, it continues to be changed back, I want to be removed from your encyclopedia. Please help me do that.

Thank you,

Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN, Executive Director National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers


 * Note: The above two messages were left by User:69.181.159.80 and were responded to on User talk:69.181.159.80. EWS23 | (Leave me a message!) 06:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Sports Wiki
I noticed you were active on some sports pages. My friends and are I starting a sports wiki that you may be interested in. It uses Wikipedia's software but we made a lot of technological improvements to allow for more news and opinion articles. The site is ArmchairGM. We're not "officially" launching until March 6th, but you can feel free to poke around and add content. Let me know if you have any questions.--Awrigh01 15:01, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

thanks
hi EWS23 thanks so much for your tips. I went right away to those pages you told me to look at, so now I have a better idea of what good contributions I can make. Thanks so much!! You can also leave me a message whenever you want, if you have any more tips --Abbie 00:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC) yeah. In case you didn't know, Abbie is my nickname.

WP:RFA/Quarl
Hi Eric, thanks for your supportive comments in my RFA, which succeeded. If I can ever improve or help in any way, please let me know! :) —Quarl (talk) 2006-02-16 11:36Z 

Thank you!
Thank you very much for your support during my recent Admin election, I appreciate the trust that you have put in me. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding my work as an admin.

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 08:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

question
hi EWS23, I just have a question for you. How do you become an administrator? Abbopa 23:16, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Your addition on Weather forecasting
If you're decently confident that quote is from Bob Ryan, by all means go ahead! The quote I entered is from the Weather Forecasting Handbook by Tim Vasquez; I'll let him know that an author or at least possible author has been located. Do you recall where saw the quote? Eventually I hope to get around to adding a lot more than a quote (even if it is a good one like that) to various meteorology articles. Thanks. Evolauxia 22:05, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'm surprised I've not seen it elsewhere, though I never searched for it either. Evolauxia 22:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Definitely, and it illustrates the allure of paraphrasing quotes to encompass what one wants to say, as well ;-). Evolauxia 09:05, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

First Family of the United States
Hey, someone redirected the entire First Family of the United States article into First Family. I just wanted to let you know, seeing as more people voted to keep it than to redirect. I'm reposting it. History21 17:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)History21

Who are you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.158.221.213 (talk • contribs)

question for you
Hi EWS23, I was thinking of going back to edit Harry Potter. I need to ask you for some advice. Is it too general to put: "Some people love it because they think Hogwarts is interesting, and they like magic. Some hate it because they don't like magic. Some have no opinion, because: a) they don't know about Harry Potter, or b) they've heard about Harry Potter, but don't care to find out more about him and his friends in movies or in books." Is that okay to put, or too general? Abbopa 02:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

F5 as maximum possible rating
I request your input on wording tornado events as F5 as rated maximum possible, specifically Tri-State Tornado with discussion at Talk:Tri-State Tornado. If you don't wish to do so, that's fine, I'm just looking for relatively knowledgeable and interested people to render their input. Evolauxia 02:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Evolauxia 10:22, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

fork you
pal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.231.221.241 (talk • contribs)


 * Thanks for your message. I always love to hear comments from the users I warn about vandalism. Please don't vandalize any more pages. Thanks again. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 05:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
--Matth e w UND (talk) 05:39, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)(Talk) 02:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar!!!
Wow! I never got one of these before. What do I say? lol. Anyway, thanks for the star. I'm just doing my best to make wikipedia a great place for everybody. See you around! Dknights411 21:13, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

NBA 50
I wondered if there were some order to the "Next 10" list (which is why I did that separate from other edits, in case anyone wanted/needed to revert it.) Having the note in the article about the number of votes makes it clear though. Thanks. — Bellhalla 12:08, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding your change on the 2006 Winter Olympics page
Just a friendly inquiry -- I'm puzzled as to why you and others are changing the article to read '2006 Winter Olympic Games' as opposed to 'XX Winter Olympic Games', which is the formal name for the event; if you look at the 2002 Winter Olympics article, or the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics article, they all follow the same format and refer to them as the XIX or XXI Winter Olympic Games on first mention in boldface. For consistency, the current article really ought to read as such, and there are countless other examples where the recommended Wikipedia format is altered for accuracy's sake. -- Xwu 18:37, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

EWS23
hi again EWS23, I'm just wondering if you got my e-mail. Remember, my e-mail doesn't work, so when you reply, just leave me a message. thanks! Abbopa 20:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Overlinking years
Hi,

Thanks for your comment in Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. You correctly referred to *Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers).

You may also wish to note similar sentiments in:
 * Wikipedia:Only make links that are relevant to the context
 * Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)

For several years, there are a variety of words said on this topic. I do not know about the claims that linking years has 'consensus' or how to measure it. But there certainly seems to be quite a few people that want to reduce delinking now, as you can see at: Wikipedia_talk:Bots. Regards. bobblewik 19:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)