User talk:Kablammo/Archive 10

Things I have

 * A hat.

Short list. --Moni3 (talk) 23:44, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I've got a scarf and flannel pajamas, so bite me! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 23:56, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, aren't we competitive in the clothing department? My hat rules. I just wore it to shovel out my driveway. So you can piss up a rope. --Moni3 (talk) 00:15, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * If I piss down a rope instead, I can buy a Big Mac! Sandy Georgia  (Talk) 00:21, 28 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Just three lumps of coal here. Should keep me warm for about 20 minutes.  Kablammo (talk) 14:05, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

/* Duane Dickey and Andrew Crater */
Cheers - I didn't respond to you right away but wanted to let you know that I defer to your judgment concerning these aforementioned subjects and thank you for taking the time to bring it to my attention. Cheers.Joep01 (talk) 19:37, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Sedra Bistodeau
Friend, would you do me a big favor? Sedra Bistodeau has been nominated for deletion and relisted twice due to a lack of consensus. I wouldn't ask you to vote one way or the other, but I'd really appreciate if you would weigh in because the discussion seems to have stalled. Thanks. Brain Rodeo (talk) 14:32, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Attenborough
In reply to your query here, the same question came up at FAC, and the answer is that Attenborough's indirect responsibility for the discovery of the skull is what gives the case a present-day relevance. It was certainly the angle which all of the media coverage highlighted back in 2010. Prioryman (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I understand it may be interesting, but question whether it belongs in the summary for TFA.  It is a diversion from the flow of the story in the précis and does not tell us anything about the murder itself.  Regards, Kablammo (talk) 18:26, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Largest city templates
Hi Kablammo, thanks for dealing with several of these "largest city templates" that User:Maxtremus added to all 50 states today. I feel these templates have but a trivial value. Major cities certainly get mentioned in the prose, and smaller cities don't typically need to be so featured. I'd like to discuss whether we need all these templates, but wasn't sure where to bring it up. For lack of a better place, I did add a comment to a discussion about one of the templates. Feel free to comment there, or if you find a better place, do let me know.-- Patrick, o Ѻ ∞ 23:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the note. At Minnesota we include text listing the seventeen cities over 50,000, and relegate further detail to List of cities in Minnesota, which contains a list of 139 cities over 5,000, in a table sortable by name, rank, county, and population.  The parent article is an overview and has sufficient information for that purpose; the daughter article's table is more useful, more extensive, more flexible, and better cited, than is the new template.  The tide is flowing in the right direction here.  I can see no need for these templates, and they likely should be deleted, as they are unlikely to be used in any article.  There seems to be a trend to including longer infoboxes, infoboxes inappropriate to the subject, more templates and tables, and more categories.  Perhaps some of them lend themselves to automated processes, and if only other automatons were reading them, they could serve a purpose.  But we are supposed to writing encylopedia articles, and prose and layout are important.  Kablammo (talk) 17:11, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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TSS
My understanding is that TSS can mean either twin screw steamer or turbine steam ship. Mjroots (talk) 15:27, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply. Is there any historic usage of "TSS" for "twin screw steamer"?  I have not found any.  Regards, Kablammo (talk) 15:51, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The Free Dictionary gives both uses. Mjroots (talk) 21:00, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how reliable TheFreeDictionary is, esp. as it uses Wikipedia as a source. What we need is historic uses of "TSS" to refer to a twin-screw ship.  I have found one preserved twin-screw vessel in New Zealand with that usage, but it could well be a more recent usage applied to a historic vessel.  I also found a 1913 journal which appears to use "TSS" in the sense you mentioned, which I will post once I can confirm that usage. As to "TSS" used for turbine vessels, we should not use it unless the ship itself has been called "TSS".  For example, was Empire Byng called TSS Empire Byng during the ship's service?  If not, we should not use it, any more than we would use "TSS Normandie" or "TSS United States".  Kablammo (talk) 14:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for participating in my RfA. I appreciate that you took the time to comment on my candidacy and I hope I can retain your trust in the months (and probably years) to come.

With regards to Coren's comment in the neutral section, I do understand where he's coming from in that administrators are oftentimes seen as authority figures through the eyes of newcomers. That being said, I definitely agree with you in principle, as adminship really isn't that big of a deal.

In any case, take care. =) Kurtis (talk) 16:58, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

"Devious" ruse
FYI that was copied verbatim from the Siege of Fort Stanwix article, although the adjective has been removed since then. — howcheng  {chat} 23:26, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of University of Minnesota Libraries for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article University of Minnesota Libraries is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/University of Minnesota Libraries until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. BenTels (talk) 15:05, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Deleted Videos
Hello Kablammo... ok..this is unfair.... you deleted all my links..What is wikipedia in the end...I have filmed a lot of cruise ships and taken photos of them..Why to keep for example simplonpc which has photos of the cruise ships and you delete mine?Also there are some links that do not work..and no one checks them..My videos are neither advertising nor spam or whatever you think....Please..NO ONE WILL DELETE MY LINKS AGAIN.. AND I HOPE THAT WIKIPEDIA PRESIDENT WILL NOT BEG AGAIN FOR MONEY!

Yours sincerely,Petran 88 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petran1988 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Christ Church, North Shields
Hi. User:Peter I. Vardy is on my watchlist, as I helped a bit on his lists of churches cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust, so I saw your request. Have a look at the churches in the Architects and Architecture section in the Articles created section of my User page. Apart from Holy Trinity Church, Leeds, I've never seen any of the other churches(!) (nor the one at North Shields), but I have a number of books that I can use to knock up an article. I'm usually working on various articles at the same time, but I could at least start a stub and add bits and pieces as time permits. What do you think? Best wishes. --GuillaumeTell 16:15, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello again. As you'll see from the header above, I've unleashed the article into mainspace.  What do you think?  I found a Commons image of the church for the infobox (incorrectly captioned Christ Church, Tynemouth, but it's the correct church) and a couple of quite good collections of photos old and new which I've put under External links.  Frustratingly, I can't find anything much about the Calliope, nor could I see any images relating to it (though there are some nice pictures of the organ itself) - but maybe I missed something. Perhaps you could insert whatever there is to say about the ship's panelling or whatever, and/or get Rotherstone to look in and take the pictures?  In theory, I could hop on a train to Newcastle (an hour from here) and then take the Metro to North Shields (about another half hour, so half a day at least), but I have other things to do at present.  Best. --GuillaumeTell 21:45, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries event
In the area? You are invited to Wikipedia Loves Libraries in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Library's Special Collections is hosting a Minneapolis history editathon on November 3. Help increase the depth of information on Minneapolis history topics by using materials in the Minneapolis Collection. Find your own topics to edit or work from a list developed by Special Collections librarians.

There will also be an intro for people new to Wikipedia, and tours of Special Collections.

Where: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Special Collections (4th floor)

When: 10am-4:30pm, Saturday, November 3, 2012

For more info and to sign up (not required), see the meetup talk page. &mdash;innotata 01:41, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for transferring the natural disaster links from the Minnesota page to the Minnesota Climate page! That was thoughtful, and made more sense anyway. Have a great day!Guanaco55 (talk) 12:38, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Passenger ship
I'm behind a slow satellite connection, so I'll leave fixing the grammar to you. Thanks. Tupsumato (talk) 02:12, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note-- I had not realized that my edit restored the IP's; I thought I was reverting to yours. Anyway, now fixed.  Kablammo (talk) 02:16, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for catching the buried vandalism at Marian Anderson. I got distracted and ran over it with reflinks. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 17:03, 13 December 2012 (UTC)