User talk:JCarriker/Archive8

Texas article compromise
I have appologized to him. You can go read it at his talk page. UH Collegian 15:51, 10 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Sure, you can delete my first post. UH Collegian 16:03, 10 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Why is there compromise between him and I regarding which pictures to go down or which to keep anyway? Why can't we leave it as is since I am not the one demanding any pictures taken down. I have been very confused by this since yesterday. It's not like I want a bunch of pictures on there and he wants something else. He is the only one that wants the picture down. I am not demanding to put new pictures or taking down any of his five pictures. UH Collegian 16:09, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Template: Ancient Egypt
The main problem is that the fonts become garbled when reduced too much. Just increasing it with 5% to 85% helps much. IMO the whole template has become a bit too large and sprawling. I think Template:Ancient Mesopotamia has an overall better layout Fornadan (t) 18:19, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

East Texas
Map looks fine. -- Jmabel | Talk 18:44, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Western United States
What do you think of the current map? I think it addresses the inherent flaws of the American West article, ie Northwest Territory among others. Globeism 21:22, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Egyptologist
Who, me? Nah, I'm just a tourist. I guess the reference must be to User:Pjamescowie -- take a look at his user page -- unless there's someone else out there. Further random comment: up there at the top, "comentarios en inglés" would read better than "comentarios ingleses". I'm not sure whether the same would apply to the fr & pt, too. Hey, and Hatshepshut is coming along very nicely! (Is there really a Civ IV nowadays? I wasted a scary amount of time on 1 and 2 wayback when, but I was free of the addiction by the time III came out.) Cheers, –Hajor 19:31, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Please help!
Long time no see, thanks for reverting that anon on my talk page again. You would be a AMA member, and I was hoping you could help me resolve a dispue with DreamGuy, as he constantly provokes users rudely, and posts several rude messages on his history section of his talk page. Thanks a million. Horatii 22:58, 11 July 2005 (UTC)


 * (See Requests for comment/DreamGuy-2) --AI 23:22, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Invitation to view new maps
I only meant that when the disputed section is concluded (whenever that might be). I really think that in the case of the American West that it's okay to have the map identify the tier of states along the Mississippi as having been part of the region since it's historically accurate and many of the people living there seem to take pride in it. I haven't studied the other regions enough to have an informed opinion. I think I'll go ahead and change the table back to the way it was (at least temporarily) since it was changed while the disputed section was still being debated. It'll be the first time I've ever changed anybody's edit like that and I'm not comfortable doing it. DialUp 03:09, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

New problems
User Hottentot is giving me a hard time and starting an edit/reverting war with me on the Houston page. He has never edited the Houston article before until yesterday and is now giving me a hard time and reverting the information box. He started by removing the customized informatin box I made for Houston with a template one. Because I recognized his hard work in the new information box he put, I kept it and made some adjustments but he keeps on reverting it.

By the way, good job on maps of the U.S. regions. UH Collegian 17:27, 13 July 2005 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen the changes on Houston, but "what looks nice" is often subjective in my experience. He/she is right about the image tags, I'll help you out with images latter on I'm swamped right now. Aside from your dilema, it is worth noting that this user has had multiple accounts and has had various problems getting along with other user in the past&mdash; his/her nick of "Hottentot" is an ethnic slur for the Khoikhoi. You're still working on Sugar Land and just got out of your first serious conflict with another user. I n other words your still relatively new; Quagga/Hottentot is not and I wouldn't take him/her on at this point. P.S. Thanks for the maps. Could you please give me an answer to my post under User category section on your talk. Thanks. -JCarriker 17:50, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Categories
I know you wanted a response, but I didn't know if it really warranted one. If you want to create the categories, then do so. Tell me when you do so I can put them on my pages. Mike H (Talking is hot) 18:02, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I will put them on my user page if you create one. You haven't though right? You can reply here since it will be a short response and I will "watch" your userpage. UH Collegian 18:05, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Done they are Category:US Southern Wikipedians and Category:Millenial Wikipedians. Thanks. -JCarriker 18:17, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think a lot of people will use them, but they are a perfectly OK idea. I doubt they will be used enough to show pattern. -- Jmabel | Talk 18:52, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Archiving talk page
How do I archive my talk page properly? Do I copy the current texts and paste it to Archive 1 or do I "move" it? UH Collegian 19:26, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you again
Could you look at the articles at BODMAS and BODMAS!? They look like hoaxes to me, but I'm no expert on British pop music. I don't find anything about any such band on Google except for sites which seem to have copied Wikipedia material. There is also a reference to the band at List of songs about suicide. How does Wikipedia deal with possible hoax articles? John Barleycorn 19:42, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again for the help. I have done the process (I HOPE, it seems confusing!), and will ask the people you recommended if I did it right. John Barleycorn 22:43, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Re: New User Cat.
Hmm...will do. Thanks :D &mdash; Il&gamma;&alpha;&eta;&epsilon;&rho;   (T&alpha;l&kappa;) '' 00:33, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Template Lock
Can you lock Template:Houston Infobox before Hottentot changes it again. I moved the infobox to the template in hope that the edit war would stop on the Houston article, but it is still happening. UH Collegian 19:31, 15 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks. The tab on that template still says "edit this page" and I can still edit it. UH Collegian 20:07, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Hello old friend
Essjay nominated me for Admin. Vote me in (or not) Requests for adminship/Redwolf24 Redwolf24 01:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Houston Metropolitan Area etc.
Hey JCarriker, UHCollegian agreed to the page move. I'm not sure how to do it myself and preserve the talk page histories, so I thought I'd ask if you'd care to do the honors. Thanks a bunch. I'll fix all the disambig links and nick issues. &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 14:52, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * All done. Whew.  Thanks again. &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 15:52, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments

 * == Advocate request ==

I've e-mailed you twice over your request for an advocate, but I since I have not recieved a response I am assuming that you have recieved neither of them. I do care that you have left, and from the above comments I'm cetrain others do to. Unfortunately wikipedians do not express our gratitude like we should. I've been here for two years and have worked on several featured articles&mdash; yet I have never recieved a barnstar. (This is not to belittle how you feel but only to let you know your not alone in feeling that way.) As a matter of fact, you are the only person that has ever given me any type of award here. I also threatened to leave wikipedia several times in my first year, but ultimatley decided to hang on. You have much to contribute, and you view the world in ways no one else does; you are an invaluable memeber of the coummunity&mdash; never forget that. Please don't leave, Wikipedia needs more people like you, not less. -JCarriker 20:06, July 15, 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your wonderful and insightful comments... The dispute between DreamGuy and other users remains pointless, so I'll drop the advocate request. Thanks anyway.


 * And let's change that thing about not having a barnstar too.

, happy editing. Horatii/Dbraceyrules 00:29, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Can you help with a troublesome user?
Can you have a look at the talk page for Talk:Charles Taze Russell and see if what User:Pastorrussell has written about being "in control" of an article is correct? I've read through Wikipedia policies but can't find anything like that.

He sent me a bizarre email saying:


 * Sir, YOU are the one that does not understand Wikipedia polies. I have already contacted arbitration over a month ago and I have exclusive right to this article, as long as it isn't abused.

Does that sound right to you? --K. 06:34, 18 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your response. Much appreciated! --K. 00:00, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Still having problems
Thanks for your Q to ArbCom. I put up an RFC and the article has had some welcome attention, all in support of adding NPOV dispute and wikify tags. However, User:Pastorrussell is still repeatedly removing both tags and any changes made by myself and others. Can you help? --K. 09:36, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

DHarjo
Thanks a lot for the heads-up; I figured he wasn't going to be the easiest person to deal with when he took that sort of tone right out of the starting blocks. I wasn't really planning on saying much more than what I have already, though. If this has already been debated ad nauseam and the current version is the consensus version, one person popping in randomly shouldn't be enough to change it. Thanks again &middot; Katefan0(scribble) 15:47, July 18, 2005 (UTC)