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-BlueAmethyst .:*:. (talk) 06:24, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

KRAB and KDFO page moves.
I noticed you keep moving these pages all over the place. It's pretty simple, the radio articles are to be named by their official FCC call signs unless a disambiguous page is needed. You can check here to find out what a page should be named. Please don't move anymore unless you understand how they are to be named. Some moves are harder to undo. Thanks. RobDe68 (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

KDFO >> KDFO-FM>>KDFO>>KDFO-FM etc.
Why on earth do you keep moving these pages unnecessarily? Do you really not know where they go or are you just trying to prove something. I can help you if you really don't know. RobDe68 (talk) 20:54, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

KDFO >> KDFO-FM>>KDFO>>KDFO-FM etc.

 * I now realize that you just didn't know, sorry. RobDe68 (talk) 03:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

RE:About dates for KKXX and KSMJ on KDFO page also about KBKO-FM page
Another editor posted a reference on the article that links to the call sign history. It's not uncommon for the official call sign to be moved ahead of time or even some time after a format switch. So you may remember a switch on the 2nd, the calls were switched a day earlier according to FCC.gov database. Hope that helps. RobDe68 (talk) 03:42, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Your recent edits
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Orphaned non-free media (Image:754 1203443669.jpg)
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About KSRY
The reason I removed it is because KSRY's current format isn't the same format that was on 105.5 Whammy (talk) 02:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

KSRY
Yes, I am aware of that, because I am an Antelope Valley resident. Thanks for the message, I was trying to say the same thing but perhaps I didn't make it clear enough. That was my fault, sorry. :) Whammy (talk) 19:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wait a minute, sorry, I got confused for a minute. I thought you were referring to the link on 105.5 to 103.1. I know that KYSR/KSRY is modern rock, but Clear Channel (last I heard) claimed it to be Modern AC, but I have noticed the Modern Rock format. Whammy (talk) 19:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

KSRY Format
I just read that R&R has identified KYSR as being Modern Rock, and the KYSR article says Modern Rock. I didn't mean for you to actually change anything, sorry about all the confusion, I do apologize. Like I said, it was last I heard, the info in my brain might be out of date. Sorry again, keep up the good editing work! Whammy (talk) 05:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I, personally, don't know Rtphokie, but what I do know is that he started a bunch of articles about all the Antelope Valley radio stations saying that they all serve Death Valley. If you're from the Antelope Valley area, then you'd know that Death Valley and Antelope Valley are nowhere near each other. Death Valley is several hours north. I've corrected nearly all of those articles, the ones I haven't corrected are the ones from the Kernville area, because I'm not totally sure what that area/valley is called. I think something needs to be done about that template that says Death Valley/High Desert because Death Valley only has 1 radio station, and that station is K204BW, which is a translator for KNPR in Las Vegas. That translator doesn't even have an article. Perhaps the template would be better served to say High Desert/Eastern Sierra. I'm going to look into it. Whammy (talk) 04:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Death Valley Radio
None of the radio stations listed within the High Desert Radio template are audible within the Death Valley area. Death Valley has only 1 radio stations audible within it, and it is K204BW which is a translator for KNPR also in some areas you can pick up a few of the Las Vegas stations, as well as KCBS 740 AM in San Francisco for some reason. Whammy (talk) 04:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Also, KZXY is back on the template, which is a Victorville station. You have double redirects on all of the pages for every radio station listed except for the ones you changed. Plus when you move a template, it needs to be moved to "Template:whatever here" not "whatever here". It would be better served to make it say High Desert/Eastern Sierra if anything, because nothing in the template can be heard in Death Valley, and Death Valley's only radio station doesn't even have an article because it's just a translator for KNPR. Whammy (talk) 04:07, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

The reason those stations say "serves the Death Valley area" is because the template had radio stations in it without articles and Rtphokie, going by what the template said, created all those articles, all of them saying "serves the Death Valley area" because in the template Death Valley came first. If you check out the edit history on 70% of the articles on the template, I've revised them from saying "Death Valley area" to "Antelope Valley area", "Ridgecrest area", "Barstow area", etc. East Porterville isn't even in the neighborhood of Death Valley, there is a huge mountain range between them. There were some articles that I didn't revise because I wasn't totally sure what the general Kernville and Porterville areas are called, and I didn't look it up in order to fix it. Porterville and Kernville are quite aways from each other. Death Valley only has 1 radio station audible within it, that station is K204BW which is a translator for KNPR in the Las Vegas area. Some of the Las Vegas radio stations can be heard in the Death Valley area, but none of the ones listed in the Death Valley/High Desert template (regardless of what the articles themselves say) can be heard in Death Valley. If you want, I can take care of those other "serves the Death Valley area" articles if you want. Whammy (talk) 22:31, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:High Desert/ Eastern Sierra Radio
I see no problem with Eastern Sierra being a part of this template's name assuming that it's a commonly used name for this area and that the area is notable enough. Unlike High Desert there is no wiki article covering this area (it was redlinked before I removed it). I've left Eastern Sierra there for now and removed the links to Eastern and Sierra (which doesn't help users much). Let's take this discussion to the template page.--Rtphokie (talk) 11:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

KDFO Schedule
Schedules are not considered appropriate for Wikipedia. The purpose of the article is to inform people about this station, not publish a directory of whats available there (see WP:NOT). Give some history, tell why these station and it's personalities are notable, especially the local DJs. Schedules also raise copyright concerns since they are often simply cut and paste from station webpages. I did a quick rewrite of that section turning it into basic prose. You can help by rounding it out. Give more information about these DJs and their shows. Fill in the gaps (who does overnights, is it other syndicated programming? is it a local jock? to they go silent overnight?). This is especially important because radio stations are considered notable, and all challenges to delete them from wikipedia are shot down, because of their local programming. The better the information about local features of this station, the easier it is to defend the article should it get nominated for deletion in the future. --Rtphokie (talk) 11:44, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

KURQ
No it shouldnt be there. As the tag says, this information should be converted to prose, not a list of hosts and times. Wikipedia is not a directory and schedules are not appropriate. A paragraph describing whats on, it's history and why it's relavent is appropriate. Dont forget to add proper footnotes (this can be helpful formatting those)--Rtphokie (talk) 03:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Block
Hi sorry for not leaving you a message earlier. I blocked your account to stop you from moving your talk page, as you were doing disruptively. Doing so tampers with other editor's ability to contact you. If you wish to change your username, you can follow WP:CHU (note that "Ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp" is not an acceptable username). I have no objection to unblock you. -- lucasbfr  talk 07:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

CURRENT → NEW

 * Reason: The requested one is the one it was before the block Lucasbfr. JoeCool950 (talk) 07:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Block
Lucasbfr: Write back unblocked, when it's unblocked PLEASE. I was going to change the "Ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp" before it was blocked. You said you had no objection to unblock me. All you have to do is this ==unblocked==. Then that way I'll know and of course put a meassage underneath that. --JoeCool950 (talk) 08:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Please unblock. Want to change User name back to Joey Kaminski!!!!!!
 * Sorry, but you can't move your talk page to an other location yourself (that breaks things, such as the yellow new message bar). If you wish to use "Joey Kaminski" as your login/username, please make a request at Changing username. I can't do it for you, since you need to be aware that it involves changing your login. -- lucasbfr  talk 09:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have filled your rename request for you: Changing_username. Again, you cannot move the page yourself. The renaming should be completed in a few days (note that all your edits will appear under your new username). -- lucasbfr  talk 18:33, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Template Is Good
The template is good! Sorry, that I haven't been on Wikipedia much lately, I've been busy with other engagements. Whammy (talk) 04:38, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Changing Usernames
Yeah, I noticed you were doing that but I didn't say anything because I'm not one of those hardcore wikipedians that make sure everyone follows the rules to the letter. It is against wikipedia policy to do what you did, I noticed that you did a bunch of moves and that probably caught somebody's attention. With the change usernames thing, just copy the text in the box in the instructions, and create a new section, put your current username in and what you want it to be next and the reason why. Whammy (talk) 14:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

No need to move KDFO or KRAB.
Radio articles should be named for their official FCC call signs whenever possible. The other page you saw probably had a disambiguation page for the official call sign so they had the add (FM) after the calls. This is not the case with KDFO or KRAB. No need to move these articles. Feel free to visit WikiProject Radio Stations for further details on radio station naming standards. RobDe68 (talk) 19:18, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't mind answering a few questions. I'll repeat though that most of the questions regarding station articles can be found at WikiProject Radio Stations. Look under the section on stations with government issued call signs to fully understand how to name station articles. RobDe68 (talk) 02:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Usernames
In response to your question at WP:CHU: Yes, you are allowed to have multiple accounts (although it's generally discouraged), but if you edit under both simultaneously, you cannot usurp or rename either account to the other per the stipulations of the GNU Free Document License (which Wikipedia is licensed under). -  Jéské  ( v^_^v  E pluribus unum ) 05:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Question
Hi, Sorry for not replying earlier (I thought I did, I must have closed the page without saving the page). I see you asked for an account rename so I guess the matter is moot now :). I have unprotected the page. Keep in mind that you're definitely not supposed to move it around ;) (Personally, I prefer keeping my real name low on the Internet, but that's my opinion). -- lucasbfr  talk 09:08, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Question
You don't appear to have a protection. Did it get taken care of already? Again, I apologize for not being on wikipedia all that much. I'm hoping to graduate from High School in June, only 7 more credits left! :) Whammy (talk) 15:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

May 2008
Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent edit removed content from. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. You are welcome to remove undefined tags but please add references before doing so. Rtphokie (talk) 22:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHU
No probs, happy to help!  RichardΩ612  Ɣ |ɸ 19:39, May 10, 2008 (UTC)

Changing Username
Can you stop resubmitting your request? If you keep doing that your rename will never be processed or approved. That's why it's taking so long, just be patient and stop touching it, a bureaucrat will change the name in due time. Wizardman 02:37, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Protection
My name is Ken Santarelli, I post my name on the internet all the time. Nothing bad has ever happened to me. I have my mobile number all over the internet too, the worse that has happened is that I've gotten a few prank calls. The things I don't give out to people would be my home address, my debit card number, my social security number, etc. Some people just prefer to be cautious. If you like having your username as your real name that is okay, I doubt anybody is going to hunt you down or anything like that. Whammy (talk) 16:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Content of articles is governed by the rules, not by who wrote them
The Wikipedia style guide says to not use the word "currently" without stating "as of when", since the reader has no way to know when the article was written without looking at the history(not all readers have access to the history). As to not modifiying "your" page, the author of a wikipedia or someone affiliated with the subject of the article does not have any more rights over the page than any other. You'll see a very clear message to that effect every time you submit an edit.StreamingRadioGuide (talk) 15:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

RE:KBKO-FM
Hey Joe, a few things to mention here. 1: When you leave a response on my talk page sometimes it shows up as one long line that I can't read. I have to modify it to fit the screen. Please preview to make sure I can read it. 2: I take care of many radio station pages from across the country as part of the radio project. I'm from Detroit and am not familiar with the particulars of California radio stations past what I read in All Access. I do like taking care of frequency swaps though so I don't mind that but I leave most of the other updates to the "locals". 3: The only thing I'm not happy about is the bad KBKO logo I used. If you can find a better image, or if you have the old one saved from before the 2 stations originally swapped, I wouldn't mind if you download it to the current image page (it lets you download a new image). Thanks, RobDe68 (talk) 00:06, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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