User talk:Grahamdubya/Archive 1

You can go right ahead and discuss that page if you'd like on my talk page. As long as you post new threads to the bottom of the page, I'll find it. Now, what did you want to discuss? --InShaneee 22:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Please see WP:MUSIC. These are the guidelines for inclusion of a musical group here, which I'm afraid your group does not meet. --InShaneee 20:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Why did you delete my post in the Man Vs. Wild page?
The information that he divulges in the show can KILL you. Discovery does not mention that anywhere. People should know these things.

As a survivalist I'm disgusted in the fact that Discovery Channel's attorneys don't cite these matters before each episode.

People have a right to know that they are being misinformed.

Regards, Rob H —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Robert Hrosc (talk • contribs) 02:59, 15 February 2007 (UTC).


 * If you can give me proof of any of that, feel free to add it back. As is, though, it's unverified and rather hyperbolic, and as such, does not adhere to Wikipedia policy. Grahamdubya 03:39, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

World War Z
this article is currently under attack Sherzo 09:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Pripyat
Apart from being part of nuisance promotional campaign of a suspected vaporware (the game was delayed fo like several years ad released 2 weeks ago, so it is hardly part of "popular culture" yet) spamming numrous articles with its references I keep deleting, it is part of my broader position that only significant cultural references deserve mentioning (a general "notability" principle of wikipedia), e.g., those playing important role in the plot, not occasional encounters. (When I was younger (2 years ago :-) I used to write in edit summaries "we don't list all movies where someone said "oh shit" in shit article; now I write (when I don't forget) "we don't list all novels and films where people happen to eat in the spoon artile"). `'mikka 15:28, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Best selling: I am wondering how many new games are on sale these weeks. Of course a new game which was buzzed about for 5 years is hot cookies the first days. Let's see annual sales first. Now back to Pripyat. I looked into the main source, the original game description page Zone World and see no Pripyat there, so I guess it is hardly a notable fact. Anyway, let's say that if anyone adds it back with a reliable references that indeed the game runs in Pripyat, I will no longer object.  `'mikka 15:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Chernobyl disaster
Hi. I've just reverted your spelling change on Chernobyl disaster, citing the Cyrillic alphabet in the edit summary. If the article used the roman equivalent of Ukrainian you would be right: perhaps the whole article should be changed!--Old Moonraker 08:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

WP:BOLD
No discussion required. But you opposed, so I've opened up a discussion at World War Z. hbdragon88 23:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Touché. As you can see there, I've tried to rewrite the geopolitics section. Please let me know what you think. I can probably weed some more stuff out, but it won't be easy... --Grahamdubya 01:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Why
Why did you delete my rewrites to World War Z? It was far more organized than before.Rex Imperator 23:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)Rex Imperator 19:35, June 1, 2007

Characters in World War Z
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Nicholas Hilliard
Thank you very much for congratulating me on my good fortune:-)--Pataki Márta (talk) 13:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Crown Heights riot
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Gladiator
Hi there! Your edits are much appreciated, particularly the column arrangement of refs. As you probably noticed, the article's getting a massive overhaul, and in the not-too-distant future will have to be split. Do you know how to do that without damaging the history?

Also, do you know how to do that clever stuff where a single reference can be multiply targeted? I ask because I'm a rather elderly dog and these are all new tricks (in other words, I'm a wikignoramus)... Haploidavey (talk) 14:14, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the thanks! I, unfortunately, am not very skilled in the splitting arts. I do know how to do the multiple source-thingie, but I think that in this case, because the citations all involve different pages (of a book), they should remain separate. I'm cleaning everything up now, though, so it should look good soon (the multiple-dealie is better for websites and sources that don't actually use page numbers). All the best! --Grahamdubya (talk) 22:12, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Graham! Just had a glance (OK, a thorough scrutiny) of Gladiator. Great editing there - re-arrangement obviously good solution when you actually see it done (I've been working too long on it and lost sight of the whole). I'll not presume too much, but you may have read the talk page - last third or so - re: proposals for splitting off sections currently duplicated (but embryonic) in Wiki: especially "Female Gladiators". Likewise, "Emperors as gladiators" needs substantive re-write and further citation asap (which I'll happily do): and perhaps could go under "gladiators" sub-heading? (On second thoughts, I'm not even sure that the Commodus material needs to be there in such detail: maybe a wiki link to the wiki article on him, which covers most of this stuff). If you just happen to feel like it... Haploidavey (talk) 10:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I'll get to the rewrites soon; I was able to clean up "Emperors as Gladiators" a little just by fixing the citations, but you're exactly right - it needs much more work. That whole section might be better off integrated into the article, or possibly we could pull some material from the earlier sections and do like a "Patronage" section. Also, my apologies for completely changing what I now realize was an established system of citation. No consensus, nothing... I just get bothered by all those years, and I suppose got a little OCD about it. Again, sorry for that. Back to work! --Grahamdubya (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I sliced a lot out of the "Emperors as Gladiators" but think just a line or two might do. Mind you, he showed such an atypical and extravagant disregard... The "games" and "combat" is in dire need, and demands real severity. I'm also very, very doubtful about some of the popular publications reference. The (your) refs style is not a problem. "I'm Oxford, you're Harvard" post edit: uuugh!! that sounds so la-dee-dah! but I'll leave it in for hilarity. Haploidavey (talk) 09:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC); nothing wrong with either. We just don't want mid-Atlantic, it'd confuse everyone. As long as you don't mind translating for me - I've used (and misused) Oxford style so long now that they just come out that way. Regardings to you. Haploidavey (talk) 18:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

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re: Samuel Burston
Hi. The addition of the ribbons is, as you admitted, inconsistent with other articles, but also it clutters up the infobox and is not particularly necessary to convey the information. Truthfully, I do not see the benefit of such additions to the infobox. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 23:44, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


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