User talk:Howard the Duck/Archive12

On posting tv ratings table
Hey, as per your requirement, I did retain the discussion part before the table. I think it would be better to have a complete list of actual data since it is not in any way susceptible to wrong interpretations. It is not misleading and deceptive. Furthermore, the implication that Marimar continues leading at number 1 can be grasped at a glance by the reader. It simplifies the idea that would have been expressed in so many words. I think the table holds dignified and professional appearance naman so please allow it to be posted. I browsed to other TV series like Jumong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumong_(TV_series). They have a table of series ratings. Im sure it will make the article more effective especially if the said series is currently on air. Tnx. Kurtzalberg (talk) 08:54, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, if I were the reader, a simple "Marimar has been the #1 program in _____" is a lot easier to understand rather than a table. -- Howard  the   Duck  11:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Report to AIV
One of your reports that you made was for a user that reverted an article three times. That report should actually go to this page here. Thanks and happy editing! Icestorm815 (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, but can you block him/her just the same? Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  16:03, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no can do, I'm not an admin, though one will eventually see the report. Best of luck .Icestorm815 (talk) 16:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I thought you were an admin (hehehe) -- Howard  the   Duck  16:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

reason for italicization and boldface for Asian Idol
I did that since its basically the same format that was used as on World Idol (local Idol show winner competing against each other) - the other way there is no indication for it being different to all the other shows so don't you think it could be pointed out this way especially since its done for WI as well? Shameless (talk) 06:21, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The reason why World Idol has that format is because it was well... the world, planet Earth, the countries with Idol series at that time. Other international franchises are named after their regions (Latin America, Asia, Africa, etc.) -- Howard  the   Duck  06:56, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * but then again: Latin America, America etc. have shows working the regular way with singers audition and being eliminated until one of them is crowned the "Idol" of its respective region. Asian Idol on the other hand is very well another competition with the winners competing against each other.
 * I think we should very well indicate this. Shameless (talk) 17:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No, that's not the reason for that, the reason why "World Idol" is portrayed as World Idol is that I can't think of a proper way to display it along with the rest of the international versions. For example am I going to display it as "Planet Earth"? Or how about "Whole wide world"? -- Howard  the   Duck  03:43, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * For example, it'll be: "Africa • Arab world • Asia • Latin America • Serbia, Montenegro & Macedonia • West Africa • Planet Earth" and frankly, it looks silly. -- Howard  the   Duck  03:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * sorry for calling the Goat, I was mistaken about that but I think the way I did it is just the answer for your issue. everyone knows that the World is the planet and it doesnt get any bigger but rather we should point out that World and Asia have used other formulas than Arabia, Latin America or Africa. 77.128.42.3 (talk) 20:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Look, don't edit the template YET, there's no consensus yet on what to do.
 * How about screw the current format and use a new format -- place all of the links except Asia and World in group1 while Asia and World goes to group2 displayed as "Asia • Planet Earth" no matter how silly it looks.
 * The only way i can resolve this is to perhaps add an asterisk and a footnote to both Asia and World Idol. There's no satisfactory way to display a link to World Idol w/out omitting the word "Idol" otherwise it'll look silly. That's the reason why insist appending the word "Idol" instead of simply "World" (this will also be confusing since there's a link to "Arab world") or "Planet Earth", not because it has a different "format" to the other franchises. That's why the Asian Idol link is displayed as "Asia", not because it has a different format to the others but because it is confined to a geographical area.
 * Also, take a look at the Idol series article, no mention of Asian Idol format is there, you may want to edit that to explain the intricacies of the Asian Idol format first. -- Howard  the   Duck  04:47, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

on honorables
Should we place The Honourables on our Philippine government officials? Like Mariano Trias... -- Kevin Ray (talk) 02:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * On welcoming banners or on stages. On Wikipedia articles they're supposed not to be used, especially for those long dead. -- Howard  the   Duck  02:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

On constructing a new article
Hi, can you help me in continuing an article that I've started? The article is about Jankasphere, a blog that have caught a lot of attention from blog readers here and abroad. I think someone must make an article about it. I started making a few editing on the topic but I want the article be made by someone who has a lot of experience and have a good reputation. So I would like to request you to take a bit of your time and continue making the article. Thank you very much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bengt23648 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Official Website
Dear Howard the Duck,

nice to meet you.

In the history of 2009 Southeast Asian Games articel, you wrote : take a look at the official website.

So, I want to ask you : what's the SEA Games 2009 official website ? Thanks.

Albert (talk) 12:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * I suppose you were referring to the 2007 locations of the SEA Games. They were at the 2007 SEA Games website. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:54, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Mikee et al
Hey, sorry about that, didn't see you had rv'd me till after the move. Is the current situation satisfactory? If not, we can RfD. Peace, delldot   talk  15:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't get the logic of going to the RFD, it will certainly be deleted, so why prolong it's misery? Although I think the redirect to "Mike" seems reasonable. -- Howard  the   Duck  15:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I guess RfD is a bit cumbersome for this. But so you're cool with leaving it the way it is?  Redirects are cheap, right? :)  delldot   talk  17:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I think Mikee redirecting to Mike is fine. I'd better start several other Mikees so I can make it a full-fledged dab page, but I don't think it's that necessary. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

The 2010 election BUM issue
Hi Howard! I'm not feeling well today. I'm very insulted with this 203.177.60.221 A.K.A. Mr. Unknown who tries to insist on reverting the deleted portions of the 2010 Philippine presidential elections article. He's insulting me for being Tsinoy and the worst is that, he's trying to insist that I, you and Bluemask are ONE! Whatta f*** is this person. We got to do something with this person. His breaking my nerves. He doesn't understand what WIKIPEDIA is! Please help me boot this person out. He's definitely a CERTIFIED BUM. -- Kevin Ray (talk) 14:39, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * IMHO, he's only doing that because he wants his pet candidate to be included there. If you engage in an edit war, notify the Tambayan and WP:RFPP. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:53, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Can't we add http://marroxas2010.blogspot.com, http://liberalpresident2010.blogspot.com and http://teamgordon2010.blogspot.com in the 2010 election links? They seem to be relevant. -- Kevin Ray (talk) 05:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Blogs are prohibited unless the blogs themselves are managed by the candidates per se or their management team. -- Howard  the   Duck  15:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court == ==

Well said! my apologies, though... you informed me that the country, where I am a citizen, has a different copyright laws than my former country - the Philippines! I agree with that assertion, probably, because there's way more liberties in America which we are entitled to and enjoying than those in the Philippines. Well great expanation... I understand being 17 years old! thanks... -- vivafilipinas (talk) 18:56, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

AfD discussions
Howard Duck, regarding your comment here: WP:SARCASM is generally not helpful to deletion discussions. I believe it has the potential to lead others to feel less comfortable participating. -- Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 20:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's helpful to quickly point out the wrongness of the statement. If I took the high road it wouldn't be obvious. AFDs have a "time limit" so to put your message quickly helps a lot. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Philippine general election, 2010
Hi there! If you want to delete huge chunks of information like that, please discuss it on the talk page first and try to get consensus. It is not for a lone user to decide that a large body of information worked on by a number of people over a long period of time is somehow "way too early." I remember there was a similar article about the upcoming presidential election in the United States when the ink was hardly dry on the last one, so there is a precedent for it. David Cannon (talk) 14:10, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been decided to remove that exact info in the rather very long talk page. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Howard the Duck
I love Howard the Duck! Great username. Editorofthewiki (talk) 02:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Basketball 110  03:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

CommonsHelper
Since you've been tagging my images as transferable to Commons, I just have a question: Should the Image: namespace be added to the Image name text box? Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I think it should. Or use the CommonsHelper Helper instead. // Liftarn (talk)

Charice Pempengco
I can see that you changed the entries to the TV appearances. I do not understand thought why you changed them. The Ellen Degeneres Show is being distributed by Warner Bros. Television and myx is according to WP itself owned by ABS/CBN. So why changing that? Please indicate source Santoki (talk) 19:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ABS-CBN, Studio 23 and myx are different channels . -- Howard  the   Duck  06:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * maybe you realize that I listed the channels as the second thing and the first thing is the company that owns that channel. If you'd like to change the whole list then we would have to re-write the whole list. but personally I thought this would make more sense. What is your take on this? Santoki (talk) 08:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The "TV appearances" section is inconsistent when I edited it anyway; TFC is owned by ABS-CBN. And when you say "ABS-CBN" it refers to the TV station on the VHF band. Clearly, Wazzup Wazzup never aired on ABS-CBN but on it's UHF station Studio 23, while myx is a cable channel owned by ABS-CBN.
 * I'd rather list it this way: Channel, Program, Role. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Then do the whole list instead of just one or two entries. We just need to agree on a syntax. Santoki (talk) 08:29, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The current list is fine now, anyway, maybe except for the Daily Ten one. As I've said, ABS-CBN always refers to the VHF station. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

ITN reform
As a regular participant of ITN, you must be aware of some of the problems it currently faces. Given recent events which have highlighted the continual problems with ITN, I've taken an old proposal of monotonehll that died out in 2006 over the Christmas period, made a few modifications and I'm trying to bring it back. It's currently at User:Nil Einne/ITN reform and any comments or thoughts are appreciated. Also, although I put this on a subpage of my user page, I don't consider this my proposal and would appreciate any help in pushing this along particularly given it's a wide ranging proposal that is likely to take a very long time to get anywhere. I primarily put it there so I could work on it without creating confusion. Also, I thought it might be helpful to avoid a mad rush of people commenting so I'm just informing a few people at first Nil Einne (talk) 08:40, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

How to ban an IP address
Hey Howard! Do you know how to block an IP address? The IP address 203.87.184.138 has been vandalizing a lot of articles in Wikipedia. It's hard to keep up with this guy. I tried reverting his edits in the past or add messages in the talk page. TJ Reyes 23:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Try WP:AN/I. -- Howard  the   Duck  03:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Featured List
Hey Howard, can you get List of Philippine provincial name etymologies to FL status? For a similar list of FL quality, see List of U.S. state name etymologies. The only difference between the two is the lead and the references. Sources are given in the Tambayan page and the article's talk page so referencing would be easy and the lead can be easily produced as well.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 12:10, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the reason why I split off from Provinces of the Philippines so it can be given attention, but I'll let it "mature" a bit since the tambayan links aren't that complete and there are several blanks (especially on the originating languages) so if you can help it'll be great. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll try to help.-- Lenticel ( talk ) 13:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  13:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Vice President of the Philippines
Hi howard duck: well, my intention was just to, like, modify the existing gallery of vice presidents to a more informative one...with term dates and so on..you know what i mean? let me repeat that...there was an existing gallery of vice pres pics before I edited it, so if you would delete all of my edit...well, it's in your power right! i respect your authority...goodbye! -- vivafilipinas  talk  21:23, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's redundant to the list article. No reason for it to exist. -- Howard  the   Duck  05:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I would've allowed it if it was a pure gallery, just pics and names, rather than include other info, otherwise, it'll be redundant. -- Howard  the   Duck  05:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

afd's
Hi. Sorry about jumping all over your afd's. I actually consider myself a deletionist, so I understand if you are getting frustrated. It's just that geographic locales don's bother me. Nobody is trying to sell anything, you know? Best, -- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 05:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Also, have you considered consolidating the afd's per Articles for deletion?-- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 05:37, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * If you aren't bothered, do join in the discussion (or say "comment" or "no vote" like what I always do). Actually, I wanted them to be decided on their own merits. Inclusionists will cry foul if I lumped them together. -- Howard  the   Duck  05:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I told you there would be drama...-- Lenticel ( talk ) 09:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * What's funny is these people really don't know what a barangay really is. If they lived here in the Philippines they realize it really is not notable. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Tambayan archiving code mix-up
I think you made a mistake in modifying the archiving code for MiszaBot. You changed the page counter from 14 to 10 and modified the thread age from 20 to 14. Now there are a lot of threads that are in the wrong archive pages. BTW, I think the age should be at least two weeks, not 10 days to give non-frequent Wikipedians sufficient time to read up on stuff. --seav (talk) 08:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The talk page is terribly long already (if you're on dial-up it take half-a-minute to load) so I shortened the time to 10 days. 10 days is sufficiently long enough (more than a week), and since I reckon many log in weekly, a ten day-period is sufficient enough. Now if you login monthly that's another story but as long someone replies to the section the time resets. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

closing
Howard, I sympathize, but avoid a possibly contentious non admin closure, especially since its in an area where you have a known interest. Wait for an admin. Its better to let it go slower than get involved in deletion review and a relisting. DGG (talk) 02:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Look, lets cross the bridge when we get there, OK? -- Howard  the   Duck  02:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Gerald Gonzalez‎
I've removed the above user from AIV, I think it a new editor who doesn't understand alot of the policies and rules in place. Keep an eye on him and point him in the right direction, we don't want to bite the newcomer too much. Cheers and keep up the work, though if he does go to far let me know and I'll block. Khu kri  08:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:36, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi
For the love of God, consider WP:RFA. You seem to be the only American on here. Charles Stewart (talk) 08:50, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No... I'm not American, and I'll fail at RFA anyway. Thanks though. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:52, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, I agree with Charles here. I'd vote "support." THE KC (talk) 23:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Me too. Spencer  T♦C 20:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys, but really, there are lot more people who'd want to be admins. They can help you much better... -- Howard  the   Duck  13:17, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Commiserations
Sorry to hear about Steve Gerber. Hope you are doing okay Howard. Vegetationlife (talk) 22:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I'm soooooooo sad. -- Howard  the   Duck  02:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)