User talk:Howard the Duck/Archive3

Yet another DYK!
Nice article! Enjoyed reading it. Cheers -- Samir  धर्म 04:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yahoo! -- Howard  the   Duck  09:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

New userboxes
I have deleted a userbox template you recently created, as userboxes should no longer be created in templatespace per the terms of the German userbox solution. Here is the userbox code so that you can recreate the userbox in your userspace ("userfying") if you wish.

-- Cyde Weys 14:15, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, although I guess thw MLB, NBA, etc. should be deleted, too, right? -- Howard  the   Duck  09:40, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

MoS deadline
I am thinking that we should put a closing date on the MoS proposal. What do you think... seven days from now? --Chris S. 05:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That'll be too quick. Perhaps a month will do. We need to pass this to everybody, not just Pinoy Wikipedians. (And oh, can you move Cebu back where it belongs?) -- Howard  the   Duck  05:50, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ayokong ilipat dahil sabi ko sa kaniya na wala kong gagawin hanggang may consensus sa mga ibang editor - ayokong may move war. Pero kung gusto mo talagang ilipat, itanong mo kaya si Jondel o kaya si TheCoffee. As for the voting, a month sounds too long. Maybe we should split the difference at two weeks and put a notice in the main manual of style page? --Chris S. 06:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Kung unanimous naman, siguro kaya na ang one week. -- Howard  the   Duck  06:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Associated Broadcasting Company article
can you check out the article about the Associated Broadcasting Company? Somoeone keeps on editing it and I think it needs cleanup... thanks! - Danngarcia 06:32, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You can visit Talk:Associated Broadcasting Company to discuss changes. I've already posted notices at WP:RM. -- Howard  the   Duck  07:13, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Mapua Institute of Technology diacritics
Are you sure it's wrong? The official website itself says "Mapúa". I got corrected by another editor when i've used Mapùa in the article long ago. -- Mithril Cloud 14:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I reverted it already. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:29, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha, all of these diacritic stuff can be a real pain in the neck. ~_~ -- Mithril Cloud  15:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol hahaha. -- Howard  the   Duck  15:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Angeles City is not a former city of the province of Pampanga
I just wanted to let you know that Angeles City is still a part of the province of Pampanga. It may be politically independent, but it is still a part of the province. Please refer to the official website of Pampanga at http://www.pampangacapitol.com/ - Voltes5 04:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you from Angeles City? -- Howard  the   Duck  04:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

My family lives in Angeles City Voltes5 04:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Do they vote for the governor? -- Howard  the   Duck  04:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know and according to my family, they still vote for the governor. Voltes5 04:40, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


 * We need to verify this because the constitution says:
 * "Article X, Section 12. Cities that are highly urbanized, as determined by law, and component cities whose charters prohibit their voters from voting for provincial elective officials, shall be independent of the province. The voters of component cities within a province, whose charters contain no such prohibition, shall not be deprived of their right to vote for elective provincial officials."
 * In other words, if Angeles City voters don't vote for the governor, then they are not tehnically part of Pampanga. See related discussion at Talk:Cities of the Philippines.-- Howard  the   Duck  04:43, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

You're right, we need to verify this. I will do some research to check what people in Angeles City and in Pampanga are doing. The next gubernatorial election is around the corner in 2007. This would be the perfect opportunity to check the accuracy of the constitution. I'll keep you posted Voltes5 04:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  05:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball


Sports Infobox
Howard, is the sports infobox you put on the Formula One page an agreed new standard for sports pages, or of your own making? Grateful if you could respond with details of where it came from over at talk:Formula One. Ta. --4u1e 22:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

DYK

 * Thanks! -- Howard  the   Duck  03:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * yay! -- Howard  the   Duck  12:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Howard the Duck! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Computerjoe 's talk 12:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- Howard  the   Duck  12:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Philippine general election, 2007
Thanks a lot Howard the Duck for helping me in editing the Philippine 2007 Elections article. I will continue to edit and I hope you would help me in the future. Again and again, thanks!!! http://krcawards.blogspot.com

kevin 13:58, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Template:Infobox sports league
Re: Isn't "founded" and inaugural season a bit redundant?
 * No. See MLS and WNBA.
 * Re: But they would relatively comprise a small number of leagues.

No. Many, if not most, leagues have different founding years and inaugural years. Founding is a business term that usually refers to incorporation and/or establishment. Once incorporated or established, a league must organize and plan the logistics. Look at J. League for another example. I suggest that founded be removed and replaced with inaugural season.

Re: Emilio Jacinto
I am not sure he should be considered an alumni of either college he attended, since he never graduated--please correct me if I'm wrong! Lmblackjack21 14:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The article alumnus may help. -- Howard  the   Duck  14:03, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Philippines Template
Well, it's ok as long as you can also incorporate the regions. =) --seav 05:43, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Speaking of, I deleted the template per its TfD. Feel free to add yours, it looks much nicer. Just letting you know. Regards, RyanG e rbil10 (Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 02:56, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  03:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Diacritical Marks
Hi! Thanks for your observation, sir. Yes, I do notice that SOME Filipinos, no matter how disgustingly and grossly innapropriate it is, fail to use diacritical marks whenever they write Hispanic names. You said that MODERN Filipinos don't use diacritics anymore except for ñ. But there are still SOME Filipinos who do use them, especially those with the names JOSÉ, ZÓBEL, SOME GARCÍAs, etc. But sir, are we to follow the rules of majority here? Or should we just place accent marks on the names of the Hispanic rich?

I'm not sure what you mean by modern, or by what specific year or period should we follow this modern trend of non-usage of diacritics. After the Spaniards have left? After World War II? After the Cory Constitution (wherein Spanish was crossed out as an official language)?

Anyway, before I joined Wikipedia, I noticed that in the list of Philippine Actors, some names there already have diacritical marks. So I thought they were OK here. Those that didn't, I took the pain of correcting.

But thanks to the demand of Spanish-speaking outsourced representatives here in the Philippines, many Filipinos, bit by bit, are starting to see the light. Pepe alas 07:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually those Filipino actors had "plain"/no diacritics article names until somebody moved them. The practice in the Philippines, and the most widely followed convention is to omit those, except for the letter ñ, although several Spanish mestizos continue to use them, like your example above. But the common use is to omit them. I myself omit them, and on articles, I tend to omit them except for people who publicly use and/or endorse the use of diacritics in their names. -- Howard  the   Duck  07:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if I'm coming in late for this, but I'd like to let you know about a few thoughts that I placed on the MOS talk pages[]. I'd love to hear your comments on my input. --- Tito Pao 21:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Deleted image
You may leave it. Just make sure the images selected henceforth are actually free and don't get deleted. In short, the archive should be continuous. — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 12:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * OK. Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  12:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Diacritical Marks II
Oh, OK. Now I understand that we have conventions to follow and I respect that. However, sir, I can never allow jueteng (illegal numbers game) in the Philippines to prevail as much as I will allow Filipino ignorance over diacritical marks to continue. Since jueteng has become so prevalent, majority of Filipinos are led to believe complacently that jueteng is but a harmless cultural convention. The last time I looked, it is still widely accepted that gambling is immoral (and I'll be very much surprised and disappointed if you disagree to it). In my humble opinion, sir, allowing the non-usage of diacritical marks to Filipino names to go scot free is tantamount to tolerating a gross error, or an orthographic immorality (uh-oh, I can already imagine Chris S. frowing, lol), to roam around the netosphere, let alone wikipedia.

Sir, I believe that wikipedia should not only be the most reliable and popular source of information. It can also be a good vehicle to let the Filipino nation know what's improper or not. Although I've been with wikipedia for only around a month, I can never stomach that this prestigious site will be used an ugly vehicle towards tolerating a crass error.

Just imagine what might Filipino actor Richard Gutiérrez could be thinking of once he discovers that his last name in wikipedia has a queer accent mark above the first letter e. That will make him wonder, eventually it will make him ponder. Then he'll go hereabouts and yonder, thinking whether what he saw was an error. That "pesky" little annoyance will provoke him to ask questions, probe, research, discover.

It's a first step.

This reminds me of the great, late Filipina actress Charito Solís. Filipinos tend to pronounce her name in llana (SO-lis). But one day, she corrected an interviewer who mispronounced her last name. By golly, Ms. Solís knew how to pronounce her last name correctly! But what I don't know is if she puts an accent mark above the letter i on her last name.

Wikipedia, I firmly believe, will put back the R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y to Filipino names.

Thank you for taking your time and patience to read this, sir. Take care and Godspeed!

Affectionately yours,

Pepe alas 18:14, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * So if I don't have diacritics on my name then my name isn't R-E-S-P-E-C-T-A-B-L-E?
 * Yes he have standards to follow, and you don't want to follow that, you might as well push for a change in the convention.
 * Jueteng is immoral. But is omitting diacritical marks that bad? Filipinos don't (and haven't) spoke Spanish so it isn't that improper; I'd use diacritics if and only if the person uses it him/her self (like Beyoncé), recommends others to do the same (see Mapúa Institute of Technology, or if several experts pronounced that diacritics is essential for that person (as in the case of José Rizal (which led to the use the diacritic on historical Fiilipinos, but not modern age ones)). so if the reason is to follow Spanish convention in an English language Wikipedia, in which Spanish isn't (and haven't) actually used in the country, it is pretty improper for Richard Guttierez to see his name like that and yell what was that little accent mark on the latter "e". I very much doubt if Captain Barbell's birth certificate had that little mark.
 * As a sidenote, accent marks are still taught in Filipino classes, but only in pronounciation, students aren't taught to transmit it in paper.
 * (Also, try putting this on the first ( section, I haven't noticed this new section. I'll be transferring this to first section within 48 hours after 15:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC).) -- Howard  the   Duck  15:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Ph physical map.png
Hey, you seem to have removed this picture from the featured content at WP:TAMBAY, but it's still a Featured Picture. What's up? 192.127.94.7 06:05, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The image page itself didn't have the Featured star so I thought it was delisted. -- Howard  the   Duck  15:09, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:Welcoat Dragons
Hi... I think the template Template:Welcoat Dragons has been repeatedly vandalized since your last edit, especially by known IP vandal 64.14.194.26, but I can't be sure since I'm not familiar with the subject. I have reverted the changes since your last edit as likely vandalism. If they are not vandalism, please revert my change and accept my apologies. If you haven't already done so, you may want to add this template to your watch list.

I also reverted several of his edits to PCU Dolphins on the assumption they were vandalism. You may wish to review these changes and make sure the current version of the article is accurate.

--Rrburke 23:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:50, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

University of Santo Tomas
I'll put a message on his talk page. -- No Guru 16:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. -- Howard  the   Duck  16:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Blank Philippines map
Is this the kind of map you had in mind? Warning, it's pretty big at full size... --Coffee 09:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yay! Thanks! -- Howard  the   Duck  11:59, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmmmm... when I tried to fill it up with color red it becomes dark gray... -- Howard  the   Duck  14:49, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Arg, I guess that's a quirk of saving it as png. I'm not sure why it's not that way with Image:BlankMap-World.png though. But here's a way you can get around it, I think... just open MS Paint first, then open the Image:BlankMap-Philippines.png in your browser. Copy and paste it from browser to MS Paint, and hopefully you can be able to color it properly. And later on don't forget to save as PNG. :) --Coffee 11:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, it worked! One last thing though, can you eliminate the really small islands? Also, can you lessen the resolution? As a locator map, it can really be big. -- Howard  the   Duck  11:29, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've uploaded a new version that doesn't have those tiny tiny islands, and I connected some of the islands that are close together so they can be colored with one click. By my count, it takes just 180 clicks to color all the land in that picture. As for resizing... I'm back in Cebu now and don't have access to Photoshop, and MS Paint isn't good at resizing, so that'll have to wait. :/ --Coffee 02:45, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the removal of small islands is good enough, having a big pic isn't bad after all. -- Howard  the   Duck  02:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject:Italian Football
Hi ya. I see you add to Italian Football articles from time to time. Just wondering if you want to check out Italian Football. We are just hoping to organise our efforts towards improving articles better. If you want to sign up just put your name down under participants on the project. You can do as much or as little work as you like and any ideas on improving pages would be great. Niall123 18:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'd try to contribute when I can. -- Howard  the   Duck  03:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Go USTe!!!
Hi there Howard, its me again, Hibiki, just dropping by for some how do you do's and also in Congratulating ourselves for a UAAP Championship! ^_^ :P hehehehehe... oh btw, I have just added in the UST "webpage" the incoming rector of our Alma Mater, the Rector Emeritus of the UST Central Seminary, and one of my spiritual directors, the Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. I have received the news from my friend there at the Central Seminary and have it confirmed at the Secretary General's Office last Wednesday, October 4, 2006, I also received the circular of the Office of the Acting Rector (Vice-Rector Rev. Fr. Juan Ponce, O.P. another good friend of mine), telling the announcement. and thanks for adding the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management! maybe I'll reply on an another page ok? till then, Sayonarra! ^_^ -Hibiki 203.177.117.206 18:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You should really be creating a new account. That'll be better. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeng Constantino
I've already placed the prod template on Yeng Constantino's article. Will you place the prod2 template? - 上村七美 | talk 08:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I added it already. -- Howard  the   Duck  08:52, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

 * Yay. Thanks for the tips! -- Howard  the   Duck  13:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: University of the Philippines, Diliman or University of the Philippines-Diliman?
Hi Howard. I posted my thoughts on the talk page. Thanks. --  Corsarius 20:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC) 

Quezon City
How did you know that Quezon City is the most populous city? Epzy 07:46, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Here. Scroll down to the "2000 Census of Population and Housing - Reports by Highly Urbanized City" section. -- Howard  the   Duck  15:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Central Mindanao
What's the deal with Central Mindanao? Is there a new region? --Chris S. 05:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a defunct region. I'm in the process of creating it. I'm also planning to create Southern Tagalog too. (Also, several regions omit "Region" in their article names. IMHO, there should be a standard.) -- Howard  the   Duck  06:51, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
This Barnstar of Diligence is presented to Howard the Duck for his contributions on Philippine-related articles. --Darren
 * Wow, didn't expect this! Thanks a lot! :D -- Howard  the   Duck  05:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Category:Television shows in the Philippines
Thanks for the clarification about this category in Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition. I hadn't realized that specific editions of PBB should not be listed as separate shows, especially since Seasons 1 to 12 of Love to Love are individually listed under this category. CFan 06:28, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Infobox Fields
Thank you for casting your vote on the Einstein infobox. Please now go to to give your opinion on how you want the individual fields modified. SuperGirl 08:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:Philippine collegiate team
Sorry. Made a botch when converting. I've fixed it. Thanks for reporting. --Ligulem 09:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks. -- Howard  the   Duck  09:20, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

DYK

 * Thanks! One thing though, it wasn't me who created it. User:Emperork should get the credit for this. -- Howard  the   Duck  06:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)