User talk:Ian Moody

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about the "the" in Four Swords
The title screen shows The. Therefore, should the naming reflect this, or not? Master Thief Garrett 11:04, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Whereabouts is the title screen to which to you are refering to? I own the ALttP cartridge for GBA and while I admit I have never played the game due to lack of people to play it with, I am able to see the begining video and title screen, which just says Four Swords, the same as the other screens when booting up the cartridge and selecting which game to play. However, even if there was another screen which uses the, I would stick with not having it, as everywhere else is just Four Swords and I believe that to be the official title, as it is listed as such on the official Zelda site, as well as a number of other places. Ian Moody 12:15, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * OH! Yes I just checked in the game and you were right. Dunno what I was thinking of. As an aside, you can't always trust Nintendo's own site, in fact the only FS screenies there are of the beta, LOL! Master Thief Garrett 22:08, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Nintendo aren't always what you would call consistent, heh. Didn't know that about the FS screens though, thanks for telling me. Ian Moody 09:53, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

On the adjective "of or pertaining to Hyrule"
I have E-mailed Nintendo about the inconsistancy, and await their reply. Setokaiba 23:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well as far as I am aware, there was never an official term for a while, and most, if not all, fans used Hyrulian, but then a little while ago Nintendo said that Hyrulean was the official and correct term, hence Hyrulean Adventure in Four Swords Adventures. If Nintendo don't reply a good person to ask for confirmation would be TSA, as he is probably the most well versed person when it comes to Zelda, at least amongst English speakers anyway. Ian Moody 23:11, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I got the reply:

Hello and thank you for contacting Nintendo,

It is "Hyrulean." I hope this answers your question.

Thank you for your e-mail.

So you were right. I'll post a note about it on the Hyrule talk page. Setokaiba 18:17, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Sister theory
Hey, I noticed you deleting some text regarding the theory that Link and Zelda are siblings. I think you're correct. I did some checking and his uncle in Zelda 3 does not say "is your sis..." (he actually says "Zelda is your... ..."), nor do they really seem to have similar features. Moreover, in Zelda 3, it specifically says that Zelda is of the bloodline of the seven wise men, while Link is the last of the bloodline of the Knights. I'm not sure where that stuff about their mother being the queen comes from - I don't even remember any of the games having a queen in it. If anyone contests this change I'll support you. I am curious what his uncle was talking about though. Deco 01:14, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah while I have never played the SNES version of ALttP myself, I do have the GBA version, and have heard stuff from reliable sources, including GANNON-BANNED, about the sister thing. Basically Nintendo's translation was still fairly shoddy back then, but in the updated version is has been changed to something along the lines of "It is your destiny to save Zelda" which is a more accurate translation. As to the whole his mother being queen thing, I cannot remember anything about that being in the game, nor have I seen that theory anywhere else before. While it is possible that I have forgotten, I think it best to remove it unless evidence can be found of any such implication. Ian Moody 08:03, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S. Thanks for your support, and thinking about it, I have played the SNES version, but only in an emulation on my computer. Ian Moody 08:05, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Fear & Respect article
Your edits in Fear & Respect seem to be driving me crazy. Why do you keep formatting the infobox from this to this?

Please leave a message on my user page for further discussion. • Thorpe • 17:43, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Re: Hero of Time
I beleive I made this clear. OoT is a prequal to The Legend of Zelda (original), Adventure of Link is a continuance of that. I beleive the Link in A Link to the Past is a descendant of the original, and I'm uncertain whether or not that is the same Link that appears in Link's Awakening or from OoT (original Link). Either way, Link is the Hero of Time, whether he is the original, or a descendant of the original. It's a sort of hereditary thing that spans across all time, hence the title "Hero of Time". Now, please stop reverting it needlessly. Ereinion 04:06, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

I partially agree with Ereinion, as this page on the official Zelda site has all the games (excluding TWW and FSA) listed under the entry of "Hero of Time." Setokaiba 21:00, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikistress
Hello Ian Moody. I see you got a lot of wikistress. May I ask why? I do hope you don't leave wikipedia. Every time we lose a competent wikipedian, the idiot ratio gets a bit higher :-( Redwolf24 06:32, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

WikiStress
Sorry about your Wikistress level. Maybe a barnstar could help you



Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 21:59, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Pop punk
Hi, I noticed that you were trying to add the tag to this article. I'm not 100% certain (granted, certain people do seem to have an agenda on this page) but I'd guess that you were reverted because you didn't explain your reasoning behind this on the talk page. --Kurt Shaped Box 06:31, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikihug
Here is a Wikihug because I noticed your stress level was so high. If you're feeling stressed maybe it would be good to take a Wikibreak for a few days and come back refreshed and happy. :) &hearts;&hearts;purpl  e  feltangel  &hearts;  &hearts;  21:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

About Template:User opera
Wouldn't you care for discussing the looks of this template at Template_talk:User opera? We've been making changes and I don't want to change back without discussing this with you first. ☢ Ҡieff⌇↯ 21:56, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied to at Template_talk:User opera - Ian Moody 22:45, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Category deletion nomination
Hi, Ian. Just letting you know that I have nominated Category:Singles by record label and its child Category:Mute Records singles for deletion. Their CfD is here: Categories_for_deletion I thought as the creator of one you might like to know. cheers. pfctdayelise 04:04, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Peer review
This edit indicates that you reverted the peer review that I closed due to the large amounts of useful comments on elevating Majora's Mask. Is there a rule that states I have to wait for the peer review to be closed before switching the tag? If so, I did not know this, and therefore apologize for causing any ineffeciencies. &mdash;Hollow Wilerding 22:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied to on Hollow Wilerding's talk page.:
 * There is no rule that I am aware of, I merely thought it odd to list it as archived when the discussion was still open and available on Peer review. If you particularly want it to change it back feel free, though it might also be a good idea to remove it from the Peer review page.  Also, while I'm here I'd like to congratulate you on the work you've done so far to the article.  Comparing the mid-November version with the current incarnation it is miles better. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 23:14, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the article-elevation compliment, and I will leave the peer review listed at Peer review until its session is complete. &mdash;Hollow Wilerding 23:17, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Your contributions
Many thanks for your contributions to Catch 22, Streetlight Manifesto and everything Kalnoky-related. The articles are interesting and well designed. Punkmorten 18:44, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied to on Punkmorten's talk page
 * Just notify me when the FAC is up and I'll support it! Punkmorten 20:37, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The group photo you were looking for has now been uploaded at Image:Smfskaisdead.jpg. Also, someone needs to fix the section which says "Unsure where to put this section". Punkmorten 20:12, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Replied to on Punkmorten's talk page

Template:User fox
I have posted a notable comment on the talk page of this given template, may I ask you to review it please. Ian13ID:540053 20:47, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Firefox userbox
Thanks for letting me know about the userbox and inserting it into my page. I've now changed back to the official one as it no longer has the spacing issue. I'm not too happy with the globe image but it's better than the constant arguing I suppose. Thanks again. Jellypuzzle | Talk 15:56, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Lunar Cry - Desiderata.jpg listed for deletion
An image or media file that you uploaded, Image:Lunar Cry - Desiderata.jpg, has been listed at Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you.

@ Star Sonata
You changed the Infobox... I'm just wondering why that is? You didn't say anything about it on the talk page. ---J.Smith 22:48, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Minor edits
Please don't mark content changes as minor like you did on the Game Boy Advance. Those edits are not minor. Jedi6 -(need help?)  08:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * They are reversions of edits by a persistant vandal, not content changes. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 08:22, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * While I agree that the categories should be removed it still shouldn't be marked as minor, see Minor edit. Jedi6  -(need help?)  08:50, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Main Page replace
Thank you for the javascript to replace the current main page. It works rather nicely.--Lewk_of_Serthic contrib talk 22:38, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot
I got caught the same way. The bot sees this and goes to revert but before it can you had already dones so and it then listed you as the vandal. I removed the warning. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 16:31, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2
Thank you for bringing that bug to my attention. It should hopefully be fixed now. j o s h b u d d y talk 19:47, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting the vandalism of my user page a few days ago by User:Oscara (talk • contribs). The user seems to blame me whenever his or her pages get deleted. I think I might have tagged one or two for deletion weeks ago, but nothing recently seeing as how I just came back from a wikibreak. Anyway, thanks again. --TheKoG (talk|contribs) 17:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

#if
Hi, what is #if? I can't find any documentation on it. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 00:34, 16 April 2006 (UTC) Nevermind, I've been informed. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 06:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Ska-punk & Third Wave
These are very different things. Third Wave is a blanket term for the rise in popularity of Ska, which includes not only ska-punk but a revival of traditional ska, or the marriage of soul & r&b with ska that was popular in the States. Note how little The Aquabats and the Impossibles sound alike, or the nineties' Israelities and MU330. The Toasters are important to the Third Wave ska revival, but they don't play punk rock. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.112.133.72 (talk • contribs) 04:22, 21 April 2006 (UTC).

Back button bug found and fixed in custommainpage.js
In the case that comments on a user's talk page's subpages don't appear as a "You have new messages" indication---I just wanted you to know I have located and fixed a bug in the custommainpage.js script (I didn't change the code directly on your page however; feel free to do so yourself, of course). --Wernher 22:36, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Landofthelegend.net
What is your f*cking problem? How about NOT removing informative links because for some reason you think your own problems are more important then an informative article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hyrule (talk • contribs) 17:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC).
 * Please stop adding linkspam to Zelda articles. Also please watch your tongue. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 17:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * How about answering what your problem is with lotl? Changing links to links with inferior information makes no sense. Hyrule 17:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem is that most of your edits to wikipedia seem to consist of adding links to landofthelegend.net, which resumably you have some affilication with. This is considered linkspam, ie adding a link to a site so people will go to it and increase your advertising revenue.  Now some of these links add to the article, and should therefore be kept despite you adding them for personal gain, however several don't or are used to replace other links or more authorative sources, not to mention the fact you seem to like adding them to the top of the external links section so they are seen first. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 18:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You can either answer and discuss this or continue to waste everyone's time. My suggestion is to do the first. Hyrule 17:57, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Patience, it's a virtue. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 18:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Since you seem to have too much time, here, have a cookie Hyrule 18:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * He(/she?)’s the webmaster. While you should remember that the 3RR applies to you as much as to Hyrule, I will gladly testify about the editor’s attitude and agenda should it ever come to a User RfC. Take it easy, kids, don’t let Wikistress get you down. ;-) -- WikidSmaht (talk) 20:37, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

External links revert
If you can't discuss in both user talk pages, I invite you both to discuss at The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass talk page about the links. If you continue reverting, you both will be blocked from editing per the three revert rule. -- ReyBrujo 19:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:Kalnoky album infobox
I just wanted to let you know that the new functionality was recently added to the Template:Album infobox so it is now possible to define chronology for more than one artist in the infobox (as in The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP article). This makes the template you created obsolete and I hope you don't mind if I convert the infoboxes using the Template:Kalnoky album infobox and then redirect it to the Template:Album infobox. Jogers (talk) 17:25, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunatly there is a clash in how images are handled. With Kalnoky album infobox you define the entire image link, allowing varying sizes (for images smaller than 200px, such as Rules of the Game) and also multiple images, as in the A Call to Arms article, whereas in Album infobox it only accepts the image name. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 19:22, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Adding one extra parameter allows varying the size of the image (like this). The issue of multiple album covers in the album infobox was recently discussed at WikiProject Albums (see the discussion). We agreed that stacking the images in the upper part of the infobox is not an ideal solution so the Extra album cover template was proposed. This can be accomplished using the working version of the Extra album cover template. How do you like it? Don't you agree that improving the Album infobox and making it more flexible is better than using separate infoboxes in special situations? Jogers (talk) 20:23, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you greatly. The size issue was the only real problem I had, as the RotG cover looks bad enough as is, and is even worse upscaled.  I agree that multiple images are not preferable&mdash;I actually think the way it is in ACtA is rather ugly but was too lazy to do anything about it&mdash;and the solution you've provided is, in my opinion, very elegant. I'd be more than happy to convert all the articles to Album infobox once User:Ed g2s' edits are undone (though RotG shall have to wait until the size parameter gets added). &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 20:44, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome :-) I'll request the addition of the parameter once the Ed g2s' edits situation is sorted out. Actually it's a very good idea that I never thought of before. Some images are hard to find in the proper resolution and they indeed look bad when scaled up. Jogers (talk) 20:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well I've just converted all but RotG to Album infobox, thanks to you. One thing I forgot about until just now is another custom field I had,  .  It's not majorly important, however it would be nice to keep it.  Do you think it would be useful for other pages and worth requesting? &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 21:26, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Personally I'd prefer to see this information in the article rather than in the infobox but consider discussing this on WikiProject Albums. Jogers (talk) 21:37, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

The Template:Album infobox has been updated so you can use the parameter now. Jogers (talk) 11:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, I have converted Rules of the Game and listed the old infobox for deletion. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 12:41, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You are most welcome. Thanks for your effort at converting all these infoboxes. And by the way, I guess you can just redirect the Kalnoky album infobox to the Album infobox to preserve its history but you will do as you wish. Jogers (talk) 13:48, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing WP0.5 test page
Ian, thanks for fixing the strange problem on my test page, with the divs. I was away for much of the weekend, and came back to find it all fixed! Thanks a lot for your help. Walkerma 02:19, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Legend of Zelda Categories
As someone who has previously voted or commented at the recent CfD discussion about the naming of Legend of Zelda categories, I thought I would let you know that I have started a new discussion in an attempt to reach a consensus. The current position of having 2 sets of categories serving the exact same purpose is unsustainable, and we need to reach a consensus on which set should be removed. If you have previously voted on this proposal, I would ask you to reconsider your vote, and ask yourself whether you are willing to give a little ground in order to reach a compromise. This is a generic message I am leaving for everyone who took part in the previous discussion. Thank you for your time. Road Wizard 14:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey there, I was wondering why you voted for "Legend of Zelda series" on the discussion. Remember that it is The Legend of Zelda series - that is the only proper name, and Wikipedia tends to use proper names. Thank you. Scepia 19:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Further to my comment above, I am letting you know that Proposal 1 (merging all game sub-categories) has been successful, and I will be relisting it at CfD later today. Of the renaming proposals, only option 7 appears to have gained a consensus in support. However, I am going to leave that discussion open a few more days as we have had a related proposal (No. 11) that has not yet been discussed. Please use this time to consider whether you wish to support or oppose the new proposal, or in any way change your previous votes. I will be reassessing the situation at about 18:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC). Road Wizard 19:39, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Album infobox broken
I recommend that you test any future changes on a separate, temporary template first – that way, you'll avoid confusing reverts and patronizing messages from me :) Thanks for the swift response – Gurch 18:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I prefer to just get things right the first time :) ed g2s &bull; talk 18:39, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Except that you constantly fail to. Every album page on my watchlist is currently broken because of your recent changes to this template.  Please leave the  and related templates alone. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 19:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

No, they aren't. Any breaking since Infobox Single was updated has been a result of people reverting and/or not purging the cache. ed g2s • talk 20:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Ian. Just to let you know that there is currently no CSD criteria for deleting advertisements. Such things should be sent to prod or AfD. Kindly don't use this template right now. Thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 13:31, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

A few "Zelda-related" things
Ian Moody:

I have a few questions about your recent edits, etc., and would like to explain my reasoning.

With Template:Zelda-stub: First of all, words like "pointless" and "horrible" do nothing of value at all in edit summaries... Otherwise, my edits were merely for conformity and correctness. As I can see above on this page, you obviously have your own opinions on the correct spelling of "(The) Legend of Zelda." Nevertheless, as it was decided (and is officially), "The Legend of Zelda" is how the name should appear on Wikipedia. While "Zelda" is fine in common, colloquial usage as a shortcut term, it is informal and should be replaced by the formal name where possible in article namespace, which includes template namespace by transclusions. In the formal tone expected of Wikipedia, using just "Zelda" sounds (to someone unfamiliar with the series) like a reference to the character Princess Zelda, not the series of video games. Moreover, the WikiProject link should have the article "The" in it as does the WikiProject main page itself. As for italics, the correct way to italicize something that is already in italics is to remove the italics. So,


 * "This The Legend of Zelda series article..."

would be the correct form. Mostly these are formalities, but as such they should be honored in a structured encyclopedia. I replaced the (div) tags with wikitable syntax to try and keep the template from having an odd indent, as it does now. On review, most CVG stub templates use (div)s and HTML (table) tags, so I'm also welcome to the current CVG stub standard. My intent was only to remove the indent.

With Template:Zelda games: Again, "stupid" just shows that your reversion was based on personal opinion and therefore unfounded. If you did in fact look at WP:ZELDA, you would see that I have reformatted all the templates to a syntactical standard that is aesthetically pleasing and also makes sense. Because clients have the ability to alter text size in their browsers, the line breaks and lack of width definition in the table allow that the text doesn't draw attention and wrap oddly as the text or window sizes are adjusted. The lack of width definition lets the table shrink to a more square, or preferrably golden ratio-based, shape. All the tables now are formatted to this standard.

I ask, please discuss this obvious differences of opinion on talk pages first -- that's what they're there for, of course, and it saves a lot of spiteful edit wars and angered feelings. I'm welcome to any opposing arguments about the styles of these pages, just let us all know.

Finally, if you have noticed, your submission of Image:Triforce.svg has been removed from the templates by User:Durin under fair use copyright ruling. If you did create this .svg image yourself, I believe that the image could be refiled under a free license such as or. While the stacked golden triangle symbol is (probably) a copyrighted idea when taken in the Zelda context, the icon you provided is NOT an official icon provided by Nintendo or the video games. It is just a facsimile, which is not copyrighted, created to represent the idea of the Triforce, which is copyrighted. Thus, using a free license template could allow us to put this image back into the templates and userboxes, etc.

--Tryforceful 20:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * My edits to had nothing to do with the use of "the" and my reversion to the old text was simply due to me not noticing you had changed it, I apologise (While we are on the subject however I would ask you to read all the related comments on Talk:The Legend of Zelda series.  I, like yourself, originally believed "Legend of Zelda" should always have "The" on the front, believing it to be more correct. However several of the comments on that page convinced me that "the Legend of Zelda series" is more grammatically correct and elegant).  I was instead editing it to bring it more in line with , in particular the comments at Template talk:Stub, and also remove the horrible use of tables for layout.  I am well aware of italic conventions and my omission was merely an oversight.


 * As to my edit was to take differing resolutions and text sizes into account, particularly small screens (or large text sizes) where the use of set line breaks makes the arrangement of the games look haphazard and wrap oddly.  Also please don't refer to WP:ZELDA#Templates as some kind of "standard" as it was determind by yourself with no visible discussion anywhere and is your own POV.


 * Also I have asked for comments regarding Image:Triforce.svg on Wikipedia talk:Copyright problems. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 16:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, thank you for your reply. And I take fault in using the word "standard" in my reference -- my intent was to imply that now there is at least a standard by which all the templates abide, not that the formatting I created was the standard that all should follow. The comment was placed there to show editors who might only edit one template's apperance for specific reasons that either all or none of the templates should undergo style changes for conformity. --Tryforceful 20:30, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Ajax vs. AJAX?
Is there any reason you have rewritten “AJAX” to be “Ajax” in the Cross-platform article? AJAX is an acronym, and as such it should be properly capitalized. I’m just curious, because I’ve not heard of any good reason for deviating from the norm. Thanks! —Mike Trausch (fd0man, Talk Page) 04:39, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ajax is the original method of spelling/writing the acronym, please see the article and the origin of the term. Also acronyms don't necessarily need to be capitalised in my experience, as the point of them is to create pronoucable words rather than a series of initials, and many acronyms are in fact not commonly capitalised, such as laser and radar.  &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 15:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Triforce.svg
Image:Triforce.svg is an image whose copyrights are held by Nintendo. Please see their website. This logo features prominently in the upper left of that page, and is also the icon used as the avatar for the website. At the bottom of that website it says "© 1986-2006 Nintendo". Unless you can show that this image has been released into the public domain or under some other free license by Nintendo, the image must remain as copyrighted protected and used under terms of fair use here on Wikipedia. Please do not revert the tagging of this image as logo until this has been proven. If you have any questions this about, I'd be happy to answer. Thank you, --Durin 01:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a basic Sierpinski Triangle and an SVG created by myself, not Nintendo. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 10:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a copyrighted image protected by copyright. It does not matter if it is a mathematical construct or not. Nintendo has it as a logo. Mitsibushi's logo is also a mathematical construct. It is no less copyrightable. It matters not if you created it yourself or not. If I recreated the Coca-Cola logo myself, I do not gain rights to it. Please see derivative work. I am once again changing the tag back to logo. If you fail to provide evidence that this logo has been released by Nintendo into the public domain, and revert this tagging, I will temporarily block your editing privileges. I am happy to answer questions about this, but the right way forward is not to continue the reversion of such a blatant case of copyright violation. --Durin 11:48, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The image is not used in any main namespace articles as a result....

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Triforce.svg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Triforce.svg. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful.

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Streetlight Manifesto page
First of all, let me say that you've done some awesome work with the Streetlight Manifesto page. I love this band, and I just saw them a few weeks ago when they were in town. I'd really love to get the article more exposure and possibly featured. I understand that you're more or less the "main" author. What do you see as the most important improvements needed? I'm going to go look through the talk page and the peer review and the guidelines for featured articles. KevinPuj 04:47, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Firefox
Commented out until Mozilla wakes up and updates their link.... -- Tawker 18:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It's Wikipedia, Firefox is open source software. Per the mix of the two (and the press coverage... it's almost been as big as IE7) I think it's ITN notable, I suspect its a massive debate item... -- Tawker 18:14, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Image:Smband.jpg
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Vandalism
Your change was determined to be unhelpful and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. --Oden 19:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The previous warning was not appropriate. However, Ian, it is also inappropriate for you to characterize edits you don't agree with as vandalism, as you did here.  Vandalism is a particular kind of disagreeable edit; remember to assume good faith.  Mango juice talk 20:32, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * When reverting vandalism, it is a good idea to check back several edits to make sure you revert all of the vandalism. Your recent revert of The Legend of Zelda (series) reverted only one edit,  but the last two were vandalism.  I reverted back to the last good edit. wrp103 (Bill Pringle) 22:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)


 * You're not making any sense. Not only did I successfully spot and revert both of those edits, you haven't edited the article at all today. &mdash; Ian Moody (talk) 23:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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Bunny's "kidnapper's
Hey on streetlight's site about the true identity of bunny's kidnappers. I believe that tomas is referencing the movie The Big Lebowski, when the rich Lebowski's wife named, Bunny, proceeds to leave town and almost kidnap herself. I haven't heard any ideas for why they said that other than to throw us off, but thats just my two cents. later dude. keep up the good work. thanks -nick —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Frisbeeska (talk • contribs) 17:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC).

Not vandalism
Please don't identify other editors' mistaken but good faith edits as vandalism. WjBscribe 00:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

'kyozou' does technically translate as giant statue.


kyo is 'big' or 'large' and zou is 'statue' HalfShadow 00:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

You mean me?
"You all completely suck at reverting vandalism (revert to pre 2007/02/22 version)"

So.... I'm guessing you are referring to me, since I'm the one who did a rvv before you came with your "correct" rvv. I'm also guessing you're referring to the "vandal"-thing about Giant Statue/Colosus thing that I "missed".

I reeeeeeally don't think that was vandal, OK!? They guy made the change and stated that this was a better translation of the Japanese word. Vandal or not? How should I know!? So I am supposed to assume good faith, OK!? Vandal is like when the guy before him educated us in the letters of the english alphabet...

And oh, I think there are like 200-300 policies in Wikipedia that state you shouldn't use words like "completely suck" when you talk to other wikipedians. But I wouldn't count on you changing that behaviour any time soon.

PureRumble 04:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

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