User talk:Hdt83/Archive6

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo 06:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem, happy editing... --Hdt83 Chat 06:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Community Organization
I have have been warned against vandalism, and maybe it is true as wikipedia defines vandalism. I was trying to add contructive changes to the "community organization" entry, but it is really difficult to do as the entry is full of unsubstantiated claims and is not at all well documented. I feel that Wikipedia has more integrity without the entry than with the entry as it is. It seriously violates so many wikipedia parameters.

I am new to editing peoples work, and don't really understand the best way of flagging information. I mean no harm, but this entry truly needs a big red flag attached.

Thanks! Tvhickman 05:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)tvhickmanTvhickman 05:01, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Adoption
Me? What say you? :) --Endlessdan 16:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that'd be great. I've just recently started using Wikipedia daily and have been learning on the fly. --Endlessdan 12:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey! Thanks again for adopting me. I actually have my first question: I created Template:Ecuador for the userboxes area. And in the coding for this template I tried to have a link to include folks to Category:Ecuadorian_Wikipedians but for some reason, it will not work. This is demonstrated by the fact that I have the user box on my user page, but I am not included in the category. What am I doing wrong? I hope this question makes sense. Thanks! --Endlessdan 12:59, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

AFC Drive - Last Day!
As I write this message, we officially have 2 hours left before the end of the drive. Prizes will be awarded tomorrow, so don't worry, I haven't forgotten. It's been a great drive, with tons of work accomplished. Thanks, everyone. GrooveDog GrooveBot 21:09, 15 August 2007 (UTC) Automaticlly delivered by GrooveBot at 21:09, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

AFC Drive Award
(edit conflict)

What?
I have no idea what you are talking about because I have not added any information to Wikipedia. Thank you.

Ecuador userbox
Thank you for fixing that up for me! I have been copying other Userboxes and just switching the wording/pictures around to get em to work. This helps me out a lot cause I have other userboxes that are not linking properly. --Endlessdan 14:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
I also gave you a barnstar on your user page as well. NHRHS2010  Talk  22:41, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. These vandals are changing IP addresses to evade blocks, but the good news is that my talk page is now semi-protected for 24 hours. NHRHS2010  Talk  01:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think you deserve many more than just this one... you are seriously an asset around here! Jmlk  1  7  06:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

got the wrong person
Not sure who you are trying to reach about making "non-constructive" comments on pages, but it ain't me. I don't change wiki pages.

I suggest you research some more and track down the right person before you start accusing AVID users that they are up to no good.

Capiche?

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * Sorry about that but since IP addresses are sometimes shared amongst many different people, messages can sometimes appear irrelevant. --Hdt83 Chat 19:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Thanks for the welcome Hdt83! May I ask what is the code for the welcome template you used? I've never seen it before and was wondering if its your own custom template or not. Thanks. --Rise Above the Vile 01:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

hi
hi, thanks for the message, i visit your user page, its a wow. congrats for the awards you have.

i'll enjoy a lot this website i guess, cheers 06:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Adoption...
Yes! I would like to be adopted! Can you help me with things like infoboxes etc though?  Bluegoblin  7   10:05, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

7000 edits
I just made my 7000th edit today. NHRHS2010 Talk  03:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion help
Hey, its me again! This time I need help with speedy deletion. I read the speedy deletion article, but I dunno which code to use for this case: Justinian43 It appears the user just made a wiki article based on their user page. --Endlessdan 16:17, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool thank you. I'd like to be more involved in keeping an eye on new users, but I never know which codes to use for speedy deletion. --Endlessdan 19:59, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Also, how do alter my signature and to make it look all nifty? --Endlessdan 20:54, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Adoption templates
Hi. When you offer users adoption, please try to remember to change adoptme to adoptoffer in order to keep the category of users seeking adoption clear and uncluttered. Thanks. --Sopoforic 21:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

"neutrality, reliable sources, and Wikipedia"
Re: "Thanks for your edits to the Iraq War article! Unfortunately, several Wikipedia policies were violated, most notably Wikipedia's policy on neutral point of view and Wikipedia's policy on reliable sources. Also, some of the material appears to have been copied directly from another website. Lastly, some of the information in inserted is not pertinent to the section it was placed in (i.e. Brian Baird's views on the Iraq war and the information on Gitmo). If you have any questions about anything I've mentioned, or anything else about editing on Wikipedia, please contact me on my talk page.--Rise Above the Vile 16:40, 27 August 2007 (UTC)" Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SFC_MAC"

First of all I AM AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that what you read in the MSM and see on the NBCCBSABCCNNMSNBCPBS news conglomerate does not coincide with much of what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan. Body counts (American, not the enemy) and scandal, real or imagined, is all they manage to produce. Have you heard of Operation Arrowhead Ripper or Phantom Thunder? Of course not. Those are just major successful campaigns largely ignored by the newspapers you read and the T.V. news you watch.

The citation regarding the massacre at Hamira is from Michael Yon, a former Soldier-turned journalist who is embedded with American troops. There's a complete article and graphic pictures on his site: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/update-on-bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm

A quote from Michael: "As the investigation unfolds more pertinent details, I’ll continue to update the story. But the biggest question rippling across the internet—“Why hasn’t the mainstream media picked this up?”—is something only representatives of mainstream media can answer. In fairness, several large outlets did publish it online: National Review Online and Fox News were both quick to place the story prominently on their websites. A few others also published excerpts. It was even briefly up on the Drudge Report. On the blog front, Instapundit, Hugh Hewitt, Blackfive, Andrew Sullivan, Captain’s Quarters and many others picked it up. But for those publications who actually had people embedded in Baqubah when the story first broke and still failed to cover it, their malaise is inexplicable. I do not know why all failed to report the murders and booby-trapped village: apparently no reporters bothered to go out there, even though it’s only about 3.5 miles from this base. Any one of the reporters currently in Baqubah could still go to these coordinates and follow his or her nose and find the gravesites."

One of you "neutral" Wikipedia people could be dragged all the way to Baqubah to see this yourself, but you'd still question the "reliability".

A good source for GITMO: Bill Roggio, also a former Soldier-turned journalist. The link to the GITMO piece: http://billroggio.com/archives/2005/06/this_is_a_gulag.php

Believe it or not, even the Democratic lunkheads who visited GITMO came away with an entirely different viewpoint from what they were being fed from the media.

So, what constitutes 'reliable'?

Did it ever occur to you that the people and sources I've cited are probably alot more reliable than say, The New Republic and their "man in Baghdad", Beauchamp? Or Newsweek's "Koran flushing" fib? Or The New York Times daily al Jazeera style of reporting?

There's alot of facts and news out there ignored by the MSM (and Wikipedia) on a daily basis. That does not mean it isn't true or reliable. Anyone with a couple of firing neurons can figure out that the MSM omits many aspects of reporting that might give the reader a view of the whole picture.

The citations I gave (which were deleted, of course) regarding the discovered WMDs were from the following sources: The U.S. Embassy: http://www.usembassy-dhaka.org/state/StatePD/pre1jul08_04.html

The (leftwing) WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300530.html

The San Francisco Gate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/02/international1018EDT0516.DTL

The (leftwing) BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3872201.stm

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120137,00.html

Weekly Standard: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/804yqqnr.asp?pg=2

If this site is any indication of which "sources" it respects more than others, at least TWO out of the five sources would have been acceptable to you. Read the articles yourself.

Newsflash: The people who write and edit pages on this site aren't "neutral" in any way shape or form. Glance through the Iraq War page and tell me with a straight face that it's objective. NO it's NOT. The entire skew of the page is anti- war and so far to the left it looks like a blurb from the DailyKos. Gawd knows the sources they give for their "points of view" read like a who's who of the anti-war Left. Have you bothered to look at them? I have. There's nothing 'neutral' about them. They simply prop up the position of the writer; there are no counterpoints. Wikipedia won't publish any material that directly refutes any of it.

"Neutral" indeed. Sergeant First Class Cheryl McElroy US ARMY (RET)
 * Sorry for the confusion but it seems you contacted the wrong person. Please see User_talk:Rise_Above_the_Vile, the person who sent you the message. Thanks. --Hdt83 Chat 19:30, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sig
tanx 4 deletin the copy of the Justinian43 page. Bye —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinian43 (talk • contribs) 18:38, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

oh yeh gimme sum tipz n makin my user page all customized n stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justinian43 (talk • contribs) 18:42, August 27, 2007 (UTC)

Re: Welcome Template
I've copied the template over into my userspage - sorry for the trouble!-- Rise Above the Vile   19:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Infoboxes...
Hi Hdt83. Thanks a lot for adopting me! I have a question: How can I create infoboxes? Please show me in User:Bluegoblin7/Sandbox1. Thanks!  Bluegoblin  7   17:50, 28 August 2007 (UTC) P.S Please leave the existing content in place :D  Bluegoblin  7   17:50, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Posted an example on your sandbox. -- Hdt 83   Chat 02:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

I fell very priveliged to have you say that sir! - Seanwhim


 * Hi, I've tried to edit the template you gave me, but only the title has changed. A caption and picture should be in place. Thanks,  Bluegoblin  7   18:57, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

T-T
I am having a bad day at Wikipedia today. So many users are opposing my RfA, with User:Lucid voting strong oppose on me and saying that my English is bad and other things that hurt my feelings. And I was going to create a bot but User:ST47 denied it and the same user that denied the bot opposed my RfA as well. What should I do? Should I go on a Wikibreak? NHRHS2010 Talk  14:28, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I have withdrawn my RfA. NHRHS2010  Talk  15:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I closed my RfA myself because I knew exactly what was waiting for me. I wonder why both of your RfAs failed as well. NHRHS2010  Talk  22:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

7500 edits
I just made my 7500th edit today. NHRHS2010 Talk  01:56, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

RFA
When do you plan on running another Rfa? I am hoping you are planning one eventually... Jmlk 1  7  06:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, actually, I was thinking about it. Do you have an admin coach, or think you need one? :)  Jmlk  1  7  07:23, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Very much so. I had a student, but he was just recently promoted.  Jmlk  1  7  07:30, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Late reply to your question on my talk page. I would love to coach you actually.  Sorry it took a little while to write back, but I've been having quite the little argument on my talk page lol.  Jmlk  1  7  10:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

????
I keep getting warning messages, but I haven't done anything. I'm currently logged in on a University Computer.

What's the deal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.202.29 (talk) 04:02, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Since you're on a university computer, your entire internet connection is probably shared on the same IP address. To avoid these messages, create an account for yourself, that way messages not intended for you won't go there. -- Hdt 83   Chat 04:06, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Verizon block

 * Thanks for the unblock. -- Hdt 83   Chat 20:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Nonsense of Template:Infobox tram
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Kristine Jarinovska needs sources
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Kristine Jarinovska, but we regretfully cannot accept original research. Please find and add a reliable citation to your recent edit so we can verify your work. Uncited information may be removed at any time. Thanks for your efforts, and happy editing! Burntsauce 21:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Infobox UK Trams
Hi, It was mainly a test template, but will probably eventually be incoprporated as an info box for types of trams when it is complete. I;ve put an notice on CS's talk page: we don't get along, and he seems to try and delete or RV everything i do.  Bluegoblin  7   10:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

TWINKLE
'before you copy all the pages, somebody already went ahead and made a copy of the older working versions.

Q T C 04:06, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling me. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.-- Hdt 83   Chat 04:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:ADIO.gif
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Hi, Hello
Hello again! I need your help. I keep reverting an article in which an unregistered user keeps promoting his band on the page. His band made a song about the main character from Anchorman, but it's really out of place in the article, and not to mention poorly written. And the reason I know it's his band is his promoting of his Myspace page...which includes his name (Cody). Am I wrong? I can't really communicate with or warn him since he has no userpage. How do I handle this?

And on the subject, it seems like I revert countless vandalism performed by unregistered user/IPs - how do I report or block these users? --Endlessdan 12:18, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

My talk page
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. It was gone before I even noticed it. TayquanhollaMy work 06:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC)